Changes in Goal-Striving Across the Life Span: Do People Learn to Select More Self-Concordant Goals as They Age?

Handbook of Research on Adult Learning and Development

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 553-569

  Sheldon, Kennon M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

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DOI: 10.4324/9780203887882-23     Document Type: Chapter

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