Pursuit of pleasure, engagement, and meaning: Relationships to subjective and objective measures of well-being

Journal of Positive Psychology

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 253-263

  Schueller, Stephen M ^a   Seligman, Martin E P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Authentic happiness; Engagement; Happiness; Meaning; Pleasure; Well being

Indexed keywords

EID: 77955240768     PISSN: 17439760     EISSN: 17439779     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17439761003794130     Document Type: Article

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