Goal Adjustment Capacities, Subjective Well-being, and Physical Health

Social and Personality Psychology Compass

Volumn 7, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 847-860

  Wrosch, Carsten ^a   Scheier, Michael F ^b   Miller, Gregory E ^c  

^a Gina Cody School of Engineering and Computer Science   (Canada)

^b CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84888859942     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17519004     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/spc3.12074     Document Type: Article

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