Lay conceptions of well-being and rules used in well-being judgments among young, middle-aged, and elderly adults

Social Indicators Research

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 203-231

  Sastre, María Teresa Muñoz ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE TOURS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

QUALITY OF LIFE; YOUNG POPULATION;

EID: 0032780284     PISSN: 03038300     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1006989319411     Document Type: Article

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