Developmental changes in personal goal orientation from young to late adulthood: From striving for gains to maintenance and prevention of losses

Psychology and Aging

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 664-678

  Ebner, Natalie C ^a   Freund, Alexandra M ^b,d   Baltes, Paul B ^a,c  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (Germany)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Approach avoidance; Goal orientation; Life span development; Motivation; Resources

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADULTHOOD; AGED; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIFESPAN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; SELF REPORT; WELLBEING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; GOALS; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 33845968020     PISSN: 08827974     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0882-7974.21.4.664     Document Type: Article

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