Individual-oriented and socially oriented cultural conceptions of subjective well-being: Conceptual analysis and scale development

Asian Journal of Social Psychology

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 36-49

  Lu, Luo ^a   Gilmour, Robin ^b  

^a NATIONAL CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Americans; Chinese; Culture; Measurement; Subjective well being

Indexed keywords

EID: 33644980770     PISSN: 13672223     EISSN: 1467839X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-839X.2006.00183.x     Document Type: Article

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