Personal goal orientations and subjective well-being of adolescents

Japanese Psychological Research

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 263-273

  Marttinen, Elina ^a   Salmela Aro, Katariina ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Basic needs; Person oriented approach; Personal goal orientations; Subjective well being; Time perspective

Indexed keywords

EID: 84864571583     PISSN: 00215368     EISSN: 14685884     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-5884.2012.00521.x     Document Type: Article

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