Aspirations and wellbeing in Romanian and US undergraduates

International Journal of Psychology

Volumn 46, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 436-445

  Stevens, Michael J ^a,b   Constantinescu, Petru Madalin ^c   Butucescu, Andreea ^d  

^a ILLINOIS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LUCIAN BLAGA UNIVERSITY OF SIBIU   (Romania)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BUCHAREST   (Romania)

^d OVIDIUS UNIVERSITY   (Romania)

Author keywords

Aspirations; Cross cultural; Maladjustment; Wellbeing

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROL; CULTURAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; ROMANIA; SATISFACTION; SOCIOECONOMICS; STUDENT; UNITED STATES;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ASPIRATIONS (PSYCHOLOGY); CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; FEMALE; GOALS; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; QUALITY OF LIFE; ROMANIA; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STUDENTS; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84857830112     PISSN: 00207594     EISSN: 1464066X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00207594.2011.565344     Document Type: Article

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