Passion for a Leisure Activity, Presence of Meaning, and Search for Meaning: The Mediating Role of Emotion

Social Indicators Research

Volumn 115, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 1123-1135

  Zhang, Shilei ^a   Shi, Rui ^a   Liu, Xufeng ^a   Miao, Danmin ^a  

^a FOURTH MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Harmonious passion; Negative affect; Obsessive passion; Positive affect; Presence of meaning; Search for meaning

Indexed keywords

EID: 84893984863     PISSN: 03038300     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11205-013-0260-8     Document Type: Article

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