Approach-avoidance: a central characteristic 01 personal goals

Personal Project Pursuit: Goals, Action, and Human Flourishing

Volumn , Issue , 2017, Pages 97-118

  Elliot, Andrew J ^a   Friedman, Ron ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

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EID: 85076648789     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9781315089928-3     Document Type: Chapter

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