Community subjective well-being, personality traits and quality of life therapy

Social Indicators Research

Volumn 60, Issue 1-3, 2002, Pages 193-225

  Kimweli, David M S ^a   Stilwell, William E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Appalachia; Clinical; Cognitive restructuring; Community well being; Coping; Counseling; Cross cultural; Culture; Depression; Disasters; Enmasse; Happiness; Healthy psychology; Inoculation; Intervention; Kentucky; Mental health; Optimism; Other; Personality traits; Positive affect; Power; Prevention; Psychiatrist; Psychodynamic; Psychotherapy; Quality of life; Relationships; Religion; Resilience; Satisfaction; Self; Subjective well being; Technology; Therapy; Thriving; Trauma; Treatment

Indexed keywords

MENTAL HEALTH; PERCEPTION; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIOECONOMIC INDICATOR;

APPALACHIA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0036939478     PISSN: 03038300     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1021265115608     Document Type: Article

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