Interpersonal Goals and Change in Anxiety and Dysphoria in First-Semester College Students

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

Volumn 98, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1009-1024

  Crocker, Jennifer ^a   Canevello, Amy ^a   Breines, Juliana G ^b   Flynn, Heather ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Compassion; Depression; Goals; Self image

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; DEPRESSION; EMPATHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MOTIVATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STUDENT; PSYCHOLOGY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ANXIETY; ASPIRATIONS (PSYCHOLOGY); DEPRESSION; EMPATHY; FEMALE; GOALS; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STUDENTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77954764255     PISSN: 00223514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0019400     Document Type: Article

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