An investigation of character strengths in relation to the academic success of college students

Individual Differences Research

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 52-69

  Lounsbury, John W ^a   Fisher, Leslee A ^a   Levy, Jacob J ^a   Welsh, Deborah P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

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