Flow Versus Life Satisfaction: A Projective Use of Cartoons to Illustrate the Difference Between the Evaluation Approach and the Intrinsic Motivation Approach to Subjective Quality of Life
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happiness; satisfaction with life; evaluation; flow; intrinsic motivation; openness to experience; projective tests; eudaemonia;All these keywords.
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