Impact of a personal goals management program on the subjective well-being of young retirees

Revue europeenne de psychologie appliquee

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 183-192

  Dube M ^a   Lapierre, S ^a   Bouffard, L ^a   Alain, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À TROIS RIVIÈRES   (Canada)

Author keywords

Goals; Intervention; Retired people; Subjective well being

Indexed keywords

EID: 34548363469     PISSN: 11629088     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.erap.2005.04.004     Document Type: Article

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