Situation-specificity of children's social goals: Changing goals according to changing situations?

International Journal of Behavioral Development

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 232-241

  Ojanen, Tiina ^a   Aunola, Kaisa ^b   Salmivalli, Christina ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF STAVANGER   (Norway)

Author keywords

Agency; Communality; Individual differences; Multilevel modeling; Situation specificity; Social goals

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CONFLICT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GOAL ATTAINMENT; HUMAN; INDIVIDUALITY; INTIMACY; MALE; PEER GROUP; SCHOOL CHILD; SELF CONCEPT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIOMETRIC STATUS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STRESS; VICTIM;

EID: 34247626536     PISSN: 01650254     EISSN: 14640651     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0165025407074636     Document Type: Article

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