Goal pursuit in young adulthood: The role of personality and motivation in goal appraisal trajectories across 6years

Journal of Research in Personality

Volumn 47, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 728-737

  Dietrich, Julia ^a,b,e   Shulman, Shmuel ^c   Nurmi, Jari Erik ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERFURT   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^c BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^d UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

^e FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

Author keywords

Amotivation; Autonomous motivation; Controlled motivation; Efficacy; Personal goal appraisals; Self criticism

Indexed keywords

EID: 84882586451     PISSN: 00926566     EISSN: 10957251     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jrp.2013.06.004     Document Type: Article

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