Locomoting toward well-being or getting entangled in a material world: Regulatory modes and affective well-being

Journal of Economic Psychology

Volumn 38, Issue , 2013, Pages 80-89

  Giacomantonio, Mauro ^a   Mannetti, Lucia ^a   Pierro, Antonio ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Affective well being; Materialism; Negative motives for money; Regulatory modes

Indexed keywords

EID: 84880333499     PISSN: 01674870     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.joep.2012.07.003     Document Type: Article

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