Mindfulness, Basic Psychological Needs Fulfillment, and Well-Being

Journal of Happiness Studies

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 1149-1162

  Chang, Jen Ho ^a   Huang, Chin Lan ^b   Lin, Yi Cheng ^c  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Basic psychological needs fulfillment; Eudaimonic well being; Hedonic well being; Mindfulness; Self determination theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 84942989611     PISSN: 13894978     EISSN: 15737780     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10902-014-9551-2     Document Type: Article

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