Personality and Well-Being

Handbook of Personality and Health

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 115-134

  Røysamb, Espen ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Norway)

Author keywords

Aristotle; Negative constructs; Personality; Positive psychology; Well being

Indexed keywords

EID: 35948936933     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470713860.ch5     Document Type: Chapter

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