Assessing attention control in goal pursuit: A component of dispositional self-regulation

Journal of Personality Assessment

Volumn 86, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 306-317

  Diehl, Manfred ^a   Semegon, Angelenia B ^a   Schwarzer, Ralf ^b  

^a University of Florida ^*  (United States)

^b FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFFECT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; ATTENTION CONTROL; COPING BEHAVIOR; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CRITERION RELATED VALIDITY; DISPOSITIONAL SELF REGULATION; FEMALE; GOAL ATTAINMENT; HIERARCHICAL REGRESSION ANALYSIS; HUMAN; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OUTCOME VARIABLE; POSITIVE AFFECT; PROACTIVE COPING; PSYCHOMETRY; RATING SCALE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SELF CONCEPT; SELF CONTROL; SELF REGULATION SCALE; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY; VARIANCE;

EID: 33744953694     PISSN: 00223891     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/s15327752jpa8603_06     Document Type: Article

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