Age Differences in Adult Life Goals, Concerns, and Their Temporal Extension: A Life Course Approach to Future-Oriented Motivation.

Nurmi, Jari-Erik

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Publication Date: 1992

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Age Differences in Adult Life Goals, Concerns, and Their Temporal Extension: A Life Course Approach to Future-Oriented Motivation.

Nurmi, Jari-Erik

International Journal of Behavioral Development, v15 n4 p487-508 Dec 1992

A total of 371 adults between 19 and 64 years of age wrote down their goals, concerns, and notions of when their goals would be realized. Goals and concerns reflected the developmental tasks of the adult's particular age. (LB)

Descriptors: Adult Development, Adults (30 to 45), Age Differences, Behavior Development, Foreign Countries, Goal Orientation, Middle Aged Adults, Objectives, Self Actualization, Self Motivation, Time, Young Adults

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Location: Finland

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