Be careful what you strive for: The significance of motive-goal congruence for depressivity

Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 23-33

  Pueschel, Oliver ^a   Schulte, Dietmar ^a   Michalak, Johannes ^a  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Depression; Motive Goal Congruence

Indexed keywords

ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MOTIVATION; NEUROSIS; PSYCHOANALYSIS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; STATISTICS;

ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT; ASPIRATIONS (PSYCHOLOGY); DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; GERMANY; GOALS; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MOTIVATION; NEUROTIC DISORDERS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOANALYTIC THERAPY;

EID: 78651372696     PISSN: 10633995     EISSN: 10990879     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cpp.697     Document Type: Article

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