Basic Psychological Need Satisfaction in Leisure Activities and Adolescents' Life Satisfaction

Journal of Youth and Adolescence

Volumn 41, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 1588-1599

  Leversen, Ingrid ^a   Danielsen, Anne G ^b   Birkeland, Marianne S ^a   Samdal, Oddrun ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Life satisfaction; Need satisfaction; Participation in leisure activities

Indexed keywords

EID: 84869081356     PISSN: 00472891     EISSN: 15736601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10964-012-9776-5     Document Type: Article

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