… can provide a powerful theoretical lens with which to consider both the ultimate functions
of lower level processes and how successfully those processes fulfill their functions (Sheldon, …

… Research by Sheldon and colleagues suggests that one source of these positive age-related
changes is older peoples’ ability to resist social pressures and to pursue goals for more self…

… Houser-Marko and Sheldon first asked participants to turn their goals into doer verb-phrases
(ie, “boost my GPA” became “good grade-getter,” and “work on my social life” became “…

… The people of Mozambique also Moçambique in Portuguese have Mozambique's
legislative body, and a few smaller political parties are involved Sheldon, Kathleen E …

The impact of anthropogenic climate change on terrestrial organisms is often predicted to
increase with latitude, in parallel with the rate of warming. Yet the biological impact of rising …

The pursuit of happiness is an important goal for many people. However, surprisingly little
scientific research has focused on the question of how happiness can be increased and then …

… Schmuck & K. Sheldon (Eds.), Life goals and well-being: Towards a positive psychology of
… Sheldon (Eds.), Life goals and well-being: Towards a positive psychology of human striving (…

… The first objective of Study 1 was to extend our (Sheldon & Elliot, 1998) finding that individual
goals receive more effort and are better attained when they are self-concordant. Table 1 …

Emotional well-being is most typically studied in trait or trait-like terms, yet a growing literature
indicates that daily (within-person) fluctuations in emotional well-being may be equally …

The authors provide a definition of positive psychology and suggest that psychologists should
try to cultivate a more appreciative perspective on human nature. Examples are given of a …