Moving forward during major goal blockage: Situational goal adjustment in women facing infertility

Journal of Behavioral Medicine

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 275-287

  Thompson, Elizabeth H ^a   Woodward, Julia T ^b   Stanton, Annette L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Chronic disease; Goal adjustment; Goal blockage; Infertility; Self regulation

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ARTICLE; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; HUMAN; MOTIVATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; GOALS; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, FEMALE;

EID: 79961169890     PISSN: 01607715     EISSN: 15733521     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10865-010-9309-1     Document Type: Article

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