Purpose, hope, and life satisfaction in three age groups

Journal of Positive Psychology

Volumn 4, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 500-510

  Bronk, Kendall Cotton ^a   Hill, Patrick L ^b   Lapsley, Daniel K ^b   Talib, Tasneem L ^a   Finch, Holmes ^b  

^a BALL STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

Author keywords

Hope; Life satisfaction; Purpose in life; Subjective well being

Indexed keywords

EID: 70449485065     PISSN: 17439760     EISSN: 17439779     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17439760903271439     Document Type: Article

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