Personal goal appraisals vary across both individuals and goal contents

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 47, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 498-503

  Nurmi, Jari Erik ^a   Salmela Aro, Katariina ^a   Aunola, Kaisa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

Author keywords

Goal appraisals; Goal contents; Multilevel modeling; Personal goals; Personal projects; Personal strivings; Well being

Indexed keywords

EID: 67349108856     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2009.04.028     Document Type: Article

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