Need Satisfaction and Well-Being: Testing Self-Determination Theory in Eight Cultures

Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 507-534

  Church, A Timothy ^a   Katigbak, Marcia S ^a   Locke, Kenneth D ^b   Zhang, Hengsheng ^c   Shen, Jiliang ^c   de Jesús Vargas Flores, José ^d   Ibáñez Reyes, Joselina ^d   Tanaka Matsumi, Junko ^e   Curtis, Guy J ^f   Cabrera, Helena F ^g   Mastor, Khairul A ^h   Alvarez, Juan M ^a   Ortiz, Fernando A ⁱ   Simon, Jean Yves R ^j   Ching, Charles M ^a  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

^c BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^e KWANSEI GAKUIN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^f MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^g UNIVERSITY OF SANTO TOMAS   (Philippines)

^h UNIVERSITI KEBANGSAAN MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

ⁱ GONZAGA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^j UNIVERSIDAD CENTRAL DE VENEZUELA   (Venezuela)

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Author keywords

culture; dialecticism; self construal; self determination theory; well being

Indexed keywords

EID: 84875782203     PISSN: 00220221     EISSN: 15525422     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0022022112466590     Document Type: Article

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