The role of future work goal motives in adolescent identity development: A longitudinal mixed-methods investigation

Contemporary Educational Psychology

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 206-217

  Yeager, David Scott ^a   Bundick, Matthew J ^b   Johnson, Rebecca ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Career; Identity; Motivation; Purpose; Well being

Indexed keywords

EID: 84861479239     PISSN: 0361476X     EISSN: 10902384     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cedpsych.2012.01.004     Document Type: Article

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