Identifying gender differences in the independent effects of personality and psychological well-being on two broad affect components of subjective well-being

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 22-27

  Burns, R A ^a,b   Machin, M A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Personality; Psychological well being; Subjective well being

Indexed keywords

EID: 70349786540     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2009.08.007     Document Type: Article

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