Unattainable educational goals: Disengagement, reengagement with alternative goals, and consequences for subjective well-being

Revue europeenne de psychologie appliquee

Volumn 62, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 147-159

  Boudrenghien, G ^a   Frenay, M ^a   Bourgeois, E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Goal commitment; Goal disengagement; Goal reengagement; Higher education; Subjective well being

Indexed keywords

EID: 84863717244     PISSN: 11629088     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.erap.2012.04.002     Document Type: Article

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