Goal Setting and Self-Efficacy Among Delinquent, At-Risk and Not At-Risk Adolescents

Journal of Youth and Adolescence

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 431-443

  Carroll, Annemaree ^a   Gordon, Kellie ^a   Haynes, Michele ^a   Houghton, Stephen ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Delinquency; Goal setting; Self efficacy

Indexed keywords

EID: 84873726715     PISSN: 00472891     EISSN: 15736601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10964-012-9799-y     Document Type: Article

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