Persistent pursuit of need-satisfying goals leads to increased happiness: A 6-month experimental longitudinal study

Motivation and Emotion

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 39-48

  Sheldon, Kennon M ^a   Abad, Neetu ^a   Ferguson, Yuna ^a   Gunz, Alexander ^a   Houser Marko, Linda ^a   Nichols, Charles P ^a   Lyubomirsky, Sonja ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Attitudes towards happiness; Goal progress; Psychological needs; Subjective well being; Sustainable happiness

Indexed keywords

EID: 77949914951     PISSN: 01467239     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11031-009-9153-1     Document Type: Article

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