Goal motives, well-being, and physical health: Happiness and self-realization as psychological resources under challenge

Motivation and Emotion

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 259-272

  Miquelon, Paule ^a   Vallerand, Robert J ^b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Coping strategies; Goal motives; Happiness; Physical symptoms; Positive psychology; Self realization; Stress

Indexed keywords

EID: 33845635646     PISSN: 01467239     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11031-006-9043-8     Document Type: Article

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