Idleness aversion and the need for justifiable busyness

Psychological Science

Volumn 21, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 926-930

  Hsee, Christopher K ^a   Yang, Adelle X ^a   Wang, Liangyan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Happiness; Idleness aversion; Justification; Motivation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HUMAN; MOTIVATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SATISFACTION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STUDENT; PSYCHOLOGY;

GOALS; HUMANS; MOTIVATION; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STUDENTS;

EID: 77954821058     PISSN: 09567976     EISSN: 14679280     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0956797610374738     Document Type: Article

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