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Goal conflict and psychological well-being: a meta-analysis.
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“As a result, this conflict can remain unresolved and consequently, the individual is unable to achieve control over either goal, which may lead to ongoing psychological distress (Powers, 1973; Kelly et al., 2011b, 2015; Gray et al., 2017).”
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“Indeed, there is evidence that goal conflict underlies psychological distress and reduced wellbeing (Kelly et al., 2011a, 2015; Gray et al., 2017).”
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- Authors
- Gray, J. S., Ozer, D. J., & Rosenthal, R.
- Affiliations
- University of California, Riverside (US)
- Corresponding author
- Gray, Jacob S.
- Venue
- Journal of Research in Personality
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2017-02
- Volume
- 66
- Pages
- 27-37
- ISSN
- 0092-6566 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2561203099
- Cited by
- 103
- References
- 98
- Citations by year
- 2026: 11 · 2025: 13 · 2024: 11 · 2023: 9 · 2022: 13 · 2021: 20 · 2020: 8 · 2019: 7 · 2018: 8 · 2017: 3
- FWCI
- 0.94
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Journal of Research in Personality (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Psychological Well-being and Life Satisfaction
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Developmental and Educational Psychology › Education, Achievement, and Giftedness
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Applied Psychology › Human Behavior and Motivation
- Keywords
- goal conflict, psychological well-being, psychological distress, motivation, student samples
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