Self-concordance and subjective well-being in four cultures

Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 209-223

  Sheldon, Kennon M ^a   Elliot, Andrew J ^b   Ryan, Richard M ^b   Chirkov, Valery ^c   Kim, Youngmee ^d   Wu, Cindy ^e   Demir, Meliksah ^f   Sun, Zhigang ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^d BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^e BAYLOR UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g University of Missouri's   (United States)

Author keywords

Culture; Goals; Motivation; Well being

Indexed keywords

EID: 1342303774     PISSN: 00220221     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0022022103262245     Document Type: Review

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