title: Verbal fluency and the measurement of future-oriented goals and hopes: comparison of questionnaire and interview data.
abstract: A total of 111 adolescents were asked about their future goals and hopes either in interviews or by questionnaire. Analysis showed that the total number of goals/hopes was influenced by the subjects' verbal fluency on the questionnaires but not in the interviews.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, University of Helsinki, Finland.
authors.forename: J E
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Nurmi
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Lainekivi
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001076:Aptitude; D005260:Female; D006040:Goals; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009042:Motivation; D010553:Personality Development; D014705:Verbal Behavior; D014825:Vocabulary; D014888:Wechsler Scales