Research by Carver & Scheier Suggests That Important Factors Determining

Research by Carver & Scheier suggests that important factors determining the well-being effects of goal disengagement (giving up an important life goal) are

A) differences in people's ability to let go (disengage from a goal) and ability to reengage in new goals.
B) the importance of the goal and the social support for letting go.
C) whether the goal was central or peripheral to personal identity.
D) whether letting go of the goal had primarily personal and individual effects or whether it effected many significant people in a person's social network.