Constitutive and instrumental goal orientations and their relations with eudaimonic and hedonic well-being

Journal of Positive Psychology

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 139-153

  Fowers, Blaine J ^a   Mollica, Christine O ^b   Procacci, Erin N ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NOVA SOUTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aristotle; Constitutive; Eudaimonia; Goal pursuit; Hedonia; Instrumental

Indexed keywords

EID: 77952186011     PISSN: 17439760     EISSN: 17439779     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17439761003630045     Document Type: Article

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