Personality and meaning in life

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 117-129

  Schnell, Tatjana ^a   Becker, Peter ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TRIER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Assessment of meaning; Big Four; Meaning in life; Meaningfulness; Path analysis; Personality; Sources of meaning

Indexed keywords

EID: 33646177942     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2005.11.030     Document Type: Article

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