Do causal attributions mediate the relationship between personality characteristics and life satisfaction in adolescence?

Psychology in the Schools

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 91-99

  Rigby, Ben T ^a   Huebner, E Scott ^b  

^a Speech Hearing and Learning Center ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

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EID: 11144320700     PISSN: 00333085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pits.20026     Document Type: Article

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