Social networks and life satisfaction: The interplay of network density and regulatory focus

Motivation and Emotion

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 693-713

  Zou, Xi ^a   Ingram, Paul ^b   Higgins, E Tory ^b  

^a LONDON BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b Columbia University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Life satisfaction; Perceived support; Regulatory focus; Social networks

Indexed keywords

EID: 84941735520     PISSN: 01467239     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11031-015-9490-1     Document Type: Article

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