Modeling the effects of within-person characteristic and goal-level attributes on personal project pursuit over time

Journal of Research in Personality

Volumn 69, Issue , 2017, Pages 206-217

  Thomas, Ryan M ^a   Schnitker, Sarah A ^a  

^a FULLER THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY   (United States)

Author keywords

Characteristic adaptations; Cross lagged panel modeling; Goal appraisal; Goal pursuit; Multilevel structural equation modeling; Personal projects

Indexed keywords

EID: 84981737273     PISSN: 00926566     EISSN: 10957251     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jrp.2016.06.012     Document Type: Article

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