What happened to self-actualization? Commentary on Kenrick et al. (2010)

Perspectives on Psychological Science

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 320-322

  Peterson, Christopher ^a   Park, Nansook ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Hierarchy of needs; Positive psychology; Self actualization

Indexed keywords

EID: 79955407360     PISSN: 17456916     EISSN: 17456924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1745691610369471     Document Type: Article

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