Goal integration and well-being: Self-regulation through inner resources in the Netherlands and Spain

Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 746-760

  van Dierendonck, Dirk ^a   Rodríguez Carvajal, Raquel ^b   Moreno Jiménez, Bernardo ^b   Dijkstra, Maria T M ^c  

^a ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^c VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Goals; Motivation; Spirituality; Well being

Indexed keywords

EID: 70350129041     PISSN: 00220221     EISSN: 15525422     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0022022109338622     Document Type: Article

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