Effects of achievement goal striving on well-being: The moderating role of the explicit achievement motive

Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin

Volumn 35, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 983-996

  Job, Veronika ^a   Langens, Thomas A ^b   Brandstätter, Veronika ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WUPPERTAL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Achievement goals; Achievement motive; Explicit motives; Motive goal congruence; Personal goals; Well being

Indexed keywords

ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFFECT; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MOTIVATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; SELF CONCEPT; STUDENT;

ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFFECT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; CULTURE; FEMALE; GOALS; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MOTIVATION; QUALITY OF LIFE; SELF EFFICACY; STUDENTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 69149092776     PISSN: 01461672     EISSN: 15527433     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0146167209336606     Document Type: Article

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