Carol-Ann Emmons, Jill G. Joseph, Ronald C. Kessler, Camille B. Wortman, Susanne B. Montgomery, and David G. Ostrow are with the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan. This work was supported by research funding from the National Institute of Mental Health (2 R01 MH39346-02A1) and the University of Michigan. The authors are grateful to Anita DeLongis for comments made on an earlier draft....

An improved protocol for the synthesis of enantiomerically pure allylic amines is reported. N-Protected α-amino esters derived from natural amino acids were submitted to a one-pot tandem reduction-olefination process. The sequential reduction with DIBAL-H at -78 °C and subsequent in situ addition of organophosphorus reagents yielded the corresponding allylic amines without the need to isolate t...

This study examined the association among interpersonal relationships, irrational beliefs, and life satisfaction. Twenty-eight psychotherapy clients and 207 college undergraduates completed measures of interpersonal relations (Outcome Questionnaire; Lambert et al., 1996), irrationality (Rational Behavior Inventory; Shorkey & Whiteman, 1977), and life satisfaction (The Satisfaction with Life Sca...

This work examines the association between personality dimensions (extraversion and neuroticism) and subjective well-being. Subjective well-being is associated both with extraversion and neuroticism, and currently, neuroticism is generally considered the more important. A total of 368 students from the University of Rovira i Virgili completed the Extraversion and Neuroticism subscales of the re...

J. D. Crounse, P. F. DeCarlo, D. R. Blake, L. K. Emmons, T. L. Campos, E. C. Apel, A. D. Clarke, A. J. Weinheimer, D. C. McCabe, R. J. Yokelson, J. L. Jimenez, and P. O. Wennberg Division of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125, USA University of Colorado, Boulder, CO, USA Department of Chemistry, University of California at Irvine, Irvine, ...

Studied the relationship between social motivation and approaches to moral decision making, and also the emotions people experience in real life moral dilemmas. 44 students were interviewed about a moral dilemma that they had faced in the past. Social motivation was measured with Emmons’ (1989) idiographic personal strivings method. Intimacy motivation was related to a preference for making dec...

This study examined the applicability of broader thematic categories for coding personal strivings, and tested the relationship between both dimensions and contents of personal goals and life satisfaction. We also applied the psychosocial theory of Erikson (1963) to evaluate personal goals. These issues were explored on a Hungarian youth sample of 48 subjects (mean age 23.4). Participants gener...

The development of the multiple cell types of a metazoan organism requires that precursor cells pass through a variety of intermediate cell states as cells become progressively more restricted in their developmental potential. Much remains unknown about how intermediate cell states are established during development, and how the restricted potentials of intermediates allows well-ordered transit...