On the relationship between meaning in life and boredom proneness: examining a logotherapy postulate

Psychological Reports

Volumn 101, Issue 3 II, 2007, Pages 1016-1022

  Melton, Amanda M A ^a   Schulenberg, Stefan E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BOREDOM; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MOTIVATION; PERSONALITY TEST; PHILOSOPHY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; PSYCHOTHERAPY; REPRODUCIBILITY; STATISTICS; STUDENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BOREDOM; FEMALE; GOALS; HUMANS; MALE; MOTIVATION; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PHILOSOPHY; PSYCHOMETRICS; PSYCHOTHERAPY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; STUDENTS;

EID: 39649105906     PISSN: 00332941     EISSN: 1558691X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/PR0.101.4.1016-1022     Document Type: Article

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