Objective Investigators within many disciplines are using measures of well-being, but it is not
always clear what they are measuring, or which instruments may best meet their objectives …

Individuals often need to be proactive in order to successfully navigate their career
development journeys. To what extent one is vocationally proactive has critical implications …

Agentic engagement represents students' constructive contribution into the flow of instruction
they receive, as students express their interests and offer their input. It is a purposive …

The second edition will be an update and further elaboration of the literature related to
subjective well-being, happiness, and life satisfaction. It will have a new substantial section …

This study examined the relation of self-compassion to positive psychological health and the
five factor model of personality. Self-compassion entails being kind toward oneself in …

Despite the increasing popularity of viral marketing, factors critical to such a new
communication medium remain largely unknown. This paper examines one of the critical …

Popular media describe adverse effects of helicopter parents who provide intense support to
grown children, but few studies have examined implications of such intense support. Grown …

Of students who enroll in 4-year universities, 25% never finish. Precipitating causes of early
departure include poor academic progress and lack of clear goals and motivation. In the …

Abstract The original Personal Growth Initiative Scale (PGIS; Robitschek, 1998) was
unidimensional, despite theory identifying multiple components (eg, cognition and behavior) …

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