Facilitating Curiosity: A Social and Self-Regulatory Perspective for Scientifically Based Interventions

Positive Psychology in Practice

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 482-503

  Kashdan, Todd B ^a   Fincham, Frank D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

Autonomy; Competence; Curiosity; Scientifically based interventions; Self regulatory perspective

Indexed keywords

EID: 84954235406     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470939338.ch30     Document Type: Chapter

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