Love of life as a new construct in the well-being domain

Social Behavior and Personality

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 125-134

  Abdel Khalek, Ahmed M ^a  

^a KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

Happiness; Hope; Love of life; Optimism; Satisfaction with life; Self esteem; Well being

Indexed keywords

EID: 33847730204     PISSN: 03012212     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2224/sbp.2007.35.1.125     Document Type: Article

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