Pleasure and pressure based prosocial motivation: Divergent relations to subjective well-being

Journal of Research in Personality

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 399-420

  Gebauer, Jochen E ^a   Riketta, Michael ^b   Broemer, Philip ^c   Maio, Gregory R ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b ASTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Altruism; Duty; Pleasure; Pressure; Prosocial motivation; Prosocial personality

Indexed keywords

EID: 41649107482     PISSN: 00926566     EISSN: 10957251     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jrp.2007.07.002     Document Type: Article

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