The nature of professional and relational self-aspects at the goal and narrative levels of personality

British Journal of Social Psychology

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 595-604

  Dunlop, William L ^a   Walker, Lawrence J ^b   Wiens, Thomas K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Agency; Communion; Goals; Professional contexts; Relational contexts; Self aspects; Self concept; Self narratives

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; EPISODIC MEMORY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; PERSONALITY; SELF CONCEPT; VERBAL COMMUNICATION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; GOALS; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY, EPISODIC; MIDDLE AGED; NARRATION; PERSONALITY; SELF CONCEPT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84925349699     PISSN: 01446665     EISSN: 20448309     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/bjso.12072     Document Type: Article

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