Seeking pleasure and seeking pain: Differences in prohedonic and contra-hedonic motivation from adolescence to old age

Psychological Science

Volumn 20, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1529-1535

  Riediger, Michaela ^a   Schmiedek, Florian ^a   Wagner, Gert G ^a   Lindenberger, Ulman ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; EMOTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN DEVELOPMENT; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; PAIN; PLEASURE; PSYCHOANALYTIC THEORY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SELF CONCEPT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMAN DEVELOPMENT; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; PAIN; PLEASURE; PLEASURE-PAIN PRINCIPLE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SELF EFFICACY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 74549184079     PISSN: 09567976     EISSN: 14679280     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9280.2009.02473.x     Document Type: Article

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