Demographic correlates of domain-based life satisfaction reports of college students

Journal of Happiness Studies

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 229-238

  Zullig, Keith J ^a   Huebner, Eugene S ^b   Pun, Scott M ^a  

^a MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

BMSLSS; College students; Demographics; Perceived life satisfaction

Indexed keywords

EID: 65749105391     PISSN: 13894978     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10902-007-9077-y     Document Type: Article

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