Concern for generativity and its relation to implicit pro-social power motivation, generative goals, and satisfaction with life: A cross-cultural investigation

Journal of Personality

Volumn 76, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 1-30

  Hofer, Jan ^a   Busch, Holger ^a   Chasiotis, Athanasios ^a   Kärtner, Joscha ^a   Campos, Domingo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSNABRÜCK   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE COSTA RICA   (Costa Rica)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALTRUISM; ARTICLE; CAMEROON; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COSTA RICA; CULTURAL FACTOR; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MALE; MOTIVATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; PSYCHOMETRY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SATISFACTION; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

ADULT; ALTRUISM; ASPIRATIONS (PSYCHOLOGY); CAMEROON; COSTA RICA; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; GERMANY; GOALS; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; PSYCHOMETRICS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL VALUES;

EID: 38049144192     PISSN: 00223506     EISSN: 14676494     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-6494.2007.00478.x     Document Type: Article

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