Childhood roots of women's subjective well-being: The role of optimism

European Psychologist

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 287-297

  Daukantaite, Daiva ^a   Bergman, Lars R ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Cognitive affective model; Longitudinal; Optimism; Subjective well being; Women

Indexed keywords

EID: 27744501747     PISSN: 10169040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1027/1016-9040.10.4.287     Document Type: Article

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