A good sense of humor doesn't always help: Agency and communion as moderators of psychological well-being

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 365-377

  Kuiper, Nicholas A ^a   Borowicz Sibenik, Melanie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Agency; Communion; Sense of humor; Well being

Indexed keywords

EID: 10144254423     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2004.04.015     Document Type: Article

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