Positive-thinking and life satisfaction amongst Koreans

Yonsei Medical Journal

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 371-378

  Jung, Ji Young ^a   Oh, Youn Hee ^a   Oh, Kang Seob ^a   Suh, Dong Woo ^b   Shin, Young Chul ^a   Kim, Hyun Jung ^a  

^a Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Hanbyul Mental Hospital   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Korean general population; Life satisfaction; Positive thinking; Well being

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INCOME; KOREA; LIFE SATISFACTION; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OCCUPATION; POPULATION RESEARCH; POSITIVE THINKING; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF REPORT; TELEPHONE; THINKING; WELLBEING;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTITUDE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCOME; INTERVIEWS; KOREA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONS; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; THINKING;

EID: 34447566925     PISSN: 05135796     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3349/ymj.2007.48.3.371     Document Type: Article

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