Incongruence between implicit and self-attributed achievement motives and psychological well-being: The moderating role of self-directedness, self-disclosure and locus of control

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 99-104

  Langan Fox, Janice ^a   Sankey, Michael J ^a   Canty, James M ^a  

^a SWINBURNE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Achievement motive; Depression; Implicit and explicit motives; Life satisfaction; Locus of control; Self directedness; Self disclosure; Thematic apperception test

Indexed keywords

EID: 67349091755     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2009.02.005     Document Type: Article

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