Adolescents' future education-related personal goals, concerns, and internal motivation during the "towards working life" group intervention

European Journal of Developmental Psychology

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 445-462

  Salmela Aro, Katariina ^a   Mutanen, Pertti ^b   Koivisto, Petri ^b   Vuori, Jukka ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

^b FINNISH INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH   (Finland)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Concerns; Internal motivation; Intervention; Personal goals

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954148820     PISSN: 17405629     EISSN: 17405610     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17405620802591628     Document Type: Article

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