Psychometric evaluation of the meaningful life measure

Journal of Happiness Studies

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 351-366

  Morgan, Jessica ^a   Farsides, Tom ^b  

^a KINGSTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Eudaimonia; Meaning in life; Meaningful Life Measure; Positive psychology; Psychological well being

Indexed keywords

EID: 67349159438     PISSN: 13894978     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10902-008-9093-6     Document Type: Article

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