Ruminations and Flow: Why Do People with a More Harmonious Passion Experience Higher Well-Being?

Journal of Happiness Studies

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 501-518

  Carpentier, Joëlle ^a   Mageau, Geneviève A ^a   Vallerand, Robert J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Flow; Harmonious and obsessive passion; Ruminations; Well being

Indexed keywords

EID: 84860916815     PISSN: 13894978     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10902-011-9276-4     Document Type: Article

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