Momentary Happiness: The Role of Psychological Need Satisfaction

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Life satisfaction goes with pleasure and personal growth goes with interest: Further arguments for separating hedonic and eudaimonic well-being (2011, background): “Howell ( 2011 ) found that momentary happiness was low for situations in which competence was high.”
University Students’ Subjective Well-being: The Role of Autonomy Support from Parents, Friends, and the Romantic Partner (2012, unknown): “Hence, to the extent that individuals’ needs for autonomy, competence, and relatedness are met, they should experience SWB (e.g., Demir and Ozdemir 2010; Howell et al. 2011; also see Tay and Diener 2011).”
Exercise after work, psychological mediators, and affect: A day-level study (2014, result): “This result was confirmed in a recent diary study of momentary need satisfaction and affect (Howell et al., 2011).”
The preference for experiences over possessions: Measurement and construct validation of the Experiential Buying Tendency Scale (2012, background): “Greater experiential buying would then lead to greater psychological need satisfaction (as suggested by Howell & Howell, 2008 and supported by Howell & Hill, 2009 ), which would increase SWB (Howell, Chenot, Hill, & Howell, 2011 ; Ryan & Deci, 2001, 2008), and finally, a recursive path was added”