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The Darker and Brighter Sides of Human Existence: Basic Psychological Needs as a Unifying Concept

Richard M. Ryan, Edward L. Deci

Psychological Inquiry · 2000 · 1.3K citations · 61 references

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(2000). The Darker and Brighter Sides of Human Existence: Basic Psychological Needs as a Unifying Concept. Psychological Inquiry: Vol. 11, No. 4, pp. 319-338.

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