Assessing the sustainability of goal-based changes in adjustment over a four-year period

Journal of Research in Personality

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 223-229

  Sheldon, Kennon M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

Adjustment; Goals; Subjective well being

Indexed keywords

EID: 44249093305     PISSN: 00926566     EISSN: 10957251     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jrp.2007.03.002     Document Type: Article

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