Influencing value priorities and increasing well-being: The effects of reflecting on intrinsic values

Journal of Positive Psychology

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 249-261

  Lekes, Natasha ^a   Hope, Nora H ^a   Gouveia, Lucie ^a   Koestner, Richard ^a   Philippe, Frederick L ^b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

intrinsic and extrinsic values; value change; values intervention; well being

Indexed keywords

EID: 84860335646     PISSN: 17439760     EISSN: 17439779     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17439760.2012.677468     Document Type: Article

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