Social roles as mechanisms for psychological need satisfaction within social groups

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

Volumn 81, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 1131-1143

  Bettencourt, B Ann ^a   Sheldon, Kennon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; SATISFACTION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ADULT; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION;

EID: 85047685593     PISSN: 00223514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0022-3514.81.6.1131     Document Type: Article

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