Individual pathways to life satisfaction: The significance of traits and motives

Journal of Happiness Studies

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 503-520

  Hofer, Jan ^a   Busch, Holger ^a   Kiessling, Florian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSNABRÜCK   (Germany)

Author keywords

Implicit motives; Life satisfaction; Psychological well being; Traits; Values

Indexed keywords

EID: 54949118297     PISSN: 13894978     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10902-007-9086-x     Document Type: Article

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