Sources of happiness and stress for college students: A replication and comparison over 20 years

Psychological Reports

Volumn 101, Issue 3 I, 2007, Pages 685-696

  Staats, Sara ^a   Cosmar, David ^a   Kaffenberger, Joshua ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HAPPINESS; HUMAN; LIFE EVENT; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICS; STUDENT; TIME; UNIVERSITY;

ADULT; FEMALE; HAPPINESS; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; STUDENTS; TIME FACTORS; UNIVERSITIES;

EID: 38349004720     PISSN: 00332941     EISSN: 1558691X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/PR0.101.3.685-696     Document Type: Article

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