Doing good, feeling good: Values and the self's moral center

Journal of Positive Psychology

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 249-259

  Hitlin, Steven ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

Morality; Self; Self esteem; Values

Indexed keywords

EID: 35348946407     PISSN: 17439760     EISSN: 17439779     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17439760701552352     Document Type: Article

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