The Sources of Meaning and Meaning in Life Questionnaire (SoMe): Relations to demographics and well-being

Journal of Positive Psychology

Volumn 4, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 483-499

  Schnell, Tatjana ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

Author keywords

Crisis of existentialism; Meaning in life; Meaningfulness; Well being

Indexed keywords

EID: 70449463791     PISSN: 17439760     EISSN: 17439779     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17439760903271074     Document Type: Article

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