Adolescents' affective temperaments: Life satisfaction, interpretation, and memory of events

Journal of Positive Psychology

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 155-167

  Garcia, Danilo ^a   Siddiqui, Anver ^b  

^a KARLSTAD UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b LINNAEUS UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Affective temperament; Interpretation and memory of events; Life satisfaction

Indexed keywords

EID: 62349092100     PISSN: 17439760     EISSN: 17439779     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17439760802399349     Document Type: Article

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