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11 - Goals and Goal Pursuit in the Context of Adolescent-Parent Relationships

from Part IV - Peer and Parent Relationships

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 October 2015

By
Judith G. Smetana
Edited by
Gabriele Oettingen  and
Peter M. Gollwitzer
Gabriele Oettingen
Affiliation:
New York University
Peter M. Gollwitzer
Affiliation:
New York University
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Judith G. Smetana, Department of Clinical and Social Sciences in Psychology, University of Rochester.

Correspondence concerning this chapter should be addressed to Judith G. Smetana, University of Rochester, Meliora Hall, RC 270266, Rochester, New York 14627. E-mail: Smetana@psych.rochester.edu

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Self-Regulation in Adolescence , pp. 243 - 265
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