Predictors of subjective well-being among college youth in Lebanon

Journal of Social Psychology

Volumn 147, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 265-284

  Ayyash Abdo, Huda ^a   Alamuddin, Rayane ^a  

^a LEBANESE AMERICAN UNIVERSITY   (Lebanon)

Author keywords

College youth in Lebanon; Personality constructs; Well being

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFFECT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; LEBANON; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIOECONOMICS; STUDENT; UNIVERSITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFFECT; ATTITUDE; CULTURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; LEBANON; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STUDENTS; UNIVERSITIES;

EID: 34548273486     PISSN: 00224545     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3200/SOCP.147.3.265-284     Document Type: Article

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