A focused intervention for 1st-year college students: Promoting hope, sense of coherence, and self-efficacy

Journal of Psychology: Interdisciplinary and Applied

Volumn 146, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 333-352

  Davidson, Oranit B ^a   Feldman, David B ^b   Margalit, Malka ^a,c  

^a Peres Academic Center   (Israel)

^b SANTA CLARA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

college students; hope theory; intervention; self efficacy; sense of coherence

Indexed keywords

ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; ISRAEL; MALE; MOTIVATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; SELF CONCEPT; SENSE OF COHERENCE; STUDENT;

ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; CULTURE; EDUCATION; FEMALE; GOALS; HUMANS; ISRAEL; MALE; MOTIVATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; SELF EFFICACY; SENSE OF COHERENCE; STUDENTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84859190463     PISSN: 00223980     EISSN: 19401019     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00223980.2011.634862     Document Type: Article

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