Flourishing students: A longitudinal study on positive emotions, personal resources, and study engagement

Journal of Positive Psychology

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 142-153

  Ouweneel, Else ^a   Le Blanc, Pascale M ^a   Schaufeli, Wilmar B ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Personal resources; Positive emotions; Reciprocal relationships; Study engagement

Indexed keywords

EID: 79953890864     PISSN: 17439760     EISSN: 17439779     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17439760.2011.558847     Document Type: Article

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