Can Hope be Changed in 90 Minutes? Testing the Efficacy of a Single-Session Goal-Pursuit Intervention for College Students

Journal of Happiness Studies

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 745-759

  Feldman, David B ^a   Dreher, Diane E ^a  

^a SANTA CLARA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

College students; Goal specific hope; Goals; Hope theory; Positive psychology intervention; Purpose in life; Single session intervention

Indexed keywords

EID: 84864610083     PISSN: 13894978     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10902-011-9292-4     Document Type: Article

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