Regulatory focus in the life story: Prevention and promotion as expressed in three layers of personality

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

Volumn 106, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 169-181

  Manczak, Erika M ^a   Zapata Gietl, Claudia ^a   McAdams, Dan P ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Narrative identity; Personality coherence; Regulatory focus

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EPISODIC MEMORY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; PERSONALITY; PERSONALITY TEST; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; QUALITY OF LIFE; SENSE OF COHERENCE;

FEMALE; GOALS; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MEMORY, EPISODIC; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PERSONALITY; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; QUALITY OF LIFE; SENSE OF COHERENCE;

EID: 84891421682     PISSN: 00223514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0034951     Document Type: Article

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