Meaning in life and hope as predictors of positive mental health: Do they explain residual variance not predicted by personality traits?

Studia Psychologica

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 191-200

  Halama, Peter ^a,b   Dědová, Mána ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY   (Slovakia)

^b TRNAVA UNIVERSITY   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

Big five traits; Hope; Life satisfaction; Meaning in life; Self esteem

Indexed keywords

EID: 35948982571     PISSN: 00393320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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