Conditional goal-setting, personal goals and hopelessness about the future

Cognition and Emotion

Volumn 24, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1191-1198

  Hadley, Sandra A ^a   Macleod, Andrew K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Depression; Goals; Hopelessness

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; FUTUROLOGY; GOAL ATTAINMENT; HOPELESSNESS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF HELP;

EID: 77957743916     PISSN: 02699931     EISSN: 14640600     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02699930903122521     Document Type: Article

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