Measuring Need Satisfaction and Frustration in Educational and Work Contexts: The Need Satisfaction and Frustration Scale (NSFS)

Journal of Happiness Studies

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 295-317

  Longo, Ylenio ^a,d   Gunz, Alexander ^b   Curtis, Guy J ^c   Farsides, Tom ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Autonomy; Competence; Measurement; Need frustration; Need satisfaction; Need thwarting; Relatedness

Indexed keywords

EID: 84957434646     PISSN: 13894978     EISSN: 15737780     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10902-014-9595-3     Document Type: Article

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