Do implicit motives and basic psychological needs interact to predict well-being and flow? Testing a universal hypothesis and a matching hypothesis

Motivation and Emotion

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 480-495

  Schüler, Julia ^a   Brandstätter, Veronika ^b   Sheldon, Kennon M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

Basic psychological needs; Flow experience; Implicit motives; Motive disposition theory; Self determination theory; Subjective well being

Indexed keywords

EID: 84881242816     PISSN: 01467239     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11031-012-9317-2     Document Type: Article

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