Happiness and despair on the catwalk: Need satisfaction, well-being, and personality adjustment among fashion models

Journal of Positive Psychology

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 2-17

  Meyer, Björn ^a   Enström, Maria K ^a   Harstveit, Mona ^a   Bowles, David P ^b   Beevers, Christopher G ^c  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b SHEFFIELD HALLAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Fashion models; Happiness; Need satisfaction; Personality adjustment

Indexed keywords

EID: 34248524489     PISSN: 17439760     EISSN: 17439779     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17439760601076635     Document Type: Article

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