What is satisfying about satisfying events? Testing 10 candidate psychological needs

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

Volumn 80, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 325-339

  Sheldon, Kennon M ^a   Elliot, Andrew J ^b   Kim, Youngmee ^b   Kasser, Tim ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^b University of Missouri ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFFECT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; HAPPINESS; HUMAN; KOREA; MULTICENTER STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SATISFACTION; UNITED STATES;

AFFECT; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; HAPPINESS; HUMANS; KOREA; MISSOURI; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 0035260428     PISSN: 00223514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0022-3514.80.2.325     Document Type: Article

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