Being a Writer vs. Being an Academic: A Conflict in Goals
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Aspirations and Well-being: Extrinsic vs. Intrinsic Life Goals
The present study explored whether participants can be classified into groups according to their intrinsic and extrinsic life goals and how these groups differ in satisfaction of basic psychological needs and well-being. Four questionnaires were administered to 835 college students: Aspiration Index (Kasser and Ryan, 1996), The Basic Psychological Needs Scale (Gagnè, 2003), Subjective Vitality ...
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عنوان ژورنال: College Composition and Communication
سال: 1995
ISSN: 0010-096X
DOI: 10.2307/358871