Optimal experience and meaning: Which relationship?

Psihologijske Teme

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 285-302

  Fave, Antonella Delle ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Culture; Individual development; Meaning; Optimal experience

Indexed keywords

EID: 77950151407     PISSN: 13320742     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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