Self-kindness when facing stress: The role of self-compassion, goal regulation, and support in college students' well-being

Motivation and Emotion

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 88-97

  Neely, Michelle E ^a   Schallert, Diane L ^a   Mohammed, Sarojanni S ^a   Roberts, Rochelle M ^a   Chen, Yu Jung ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b LEADER UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

College students; Goal regulation; Positive psychology; Self compassion; Stress; Well being

Indexed keywords

EID: 67650471606     PISSN: 01467239     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11031-008-9119-8     Document Type: Article

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