1st Edition
Personal Project Pursuit Goals, Action, and Human Flourishing
484 Pages
by
Psychology Press
484 Pages
by
Psychology Press
484 Pages
by
Psychology Press
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Personal Project Pursuit is the first book to feature Brian Little's highly respected personal projects analysis (PPA), one of the pioneering theories in contemporary personality and motivational psychology. The book examines both the internal and external dynamics of personal goals and projects and clearly demonstrates that human flourishing is enhanced when individuals are engaged in the... Read more
Preface. Part 1. Personal Project Pursuit: Theoretical and Methodological Foundations. B.R. Little, Prompt and Circumstance: The Generative Contexts of Personal Projects Analysis. B.R. Little, T.L. Gee, The Methodology of Personal Projects Analysis: Four Modules and a Funnel. Part 2. Basic Processes of Project Pursuit: Internal Regulatory Functions. A.J. Elliott, R. Friedman, Approach-Avoidance: A Central Characteristic of Personal Goals. M. Riediger, Interference and Facilitation Among Personal Goals: Age Differences and Associations With Well-Being and Behavior. N.C. Chambers, Just Doing It: Affective Implications of Project Phrasing. I. McGregor, Personal Projects as Compensatory Convictions: Passionate Pursuit and the Fugitive Self. Part 3. Basic Processes of Project Pursuit: External-Contextual Functions. K. Salmela-Aro, B.R. Little, Relational Aspects of Project Pursuit. A.M. Grant, B.R. Little, S.D. Phillips, Personal Projects and Organizational Lives. A.M. Freund, Differentiating and Integrating Levels of Goal Representation: A Life-Span Perspective. M. Brandstätter, C.E. Lalonde, Personal Persistence and Personal Projects: Creating Personal and Cultural Continuity. Part 4. Projects, Goals, and the Varieties of Well-Being. B.S. Wiese, Successful Pursuit of Personal Goals and Subjective Well-Being. A.H. Peterman, L. Lecci, Personal Projects in Health and Illness. K.M. Sheldon, Considering "the Optimality of Personality": Goals, Self-Concordance, and Multilevel Personality Integration. B.R. Little, M.F. Joseph, Personal Projects and Free Traits: Mutable Selves and Well Beings. Part 5. The Continuing Pursuit: Conclusion and Future Directions. B.R. Little, A.M. Grant, The Sustainable Pursuit of Core Projects: Retrospect and Prospects.
Biography
Katariina Salmela-Aro, Brian R. Little, Susan D. Phillips
