Friendship, need satisfaction and happiness

Journal of Happiness Studies

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 243-259

  Demir, Melikşah ^a   Özdemir, Metin ^b  

^a NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTY   (United States)

Author keywords

Friendship quality; Happiness; Mediation; Need satisfaction; Self determination theory; Structural equation modeling

Indexed keywords

EID: 77952089700     PISSN: 13894978     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10902-009-9138-5     Document Type: Article

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