Change you can believe in: Changes in goal setting during emerging and young adulthood predict later adult well-being

Social Psychological and Personality Science

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 123-131

  Hill, Patrick L ^a   Jackson, Joshua J ^a   Roberts, Brent W ^a   Lapsley, Daniel K ^b   Brandenberger, Jay W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

Author keywords

Adult development; Goals; Personality; Well being

Indexed keywords

EID: 80051755364     PISSN: 19485506     EISSN: 19485514     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1948550610384510     Document Type: Article

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