Flow experience, culture, and well-being: How do autotelic Japanese college students feel, behave, and think in their daily lives?

Journal of Happiness Studies

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 205-223

  Asakawa, Kiyoshi ^a  

^a HOSEI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Autotelic personality; Culture; Flow experience; Japanese college students; Well being

Indexed keywords

EID: 77952089866     PISSN: 13894978     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10902-008-9132-3     Document Type: Article

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