Validation of the gratitude questionnaire (GQ) in Taiwanese undergraduate students

Journal of Happiness Studies

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 655-664

  Chen, Lung Hung ^a   Chen, Mei Yen ^a   Kee, Ying Hwa ^b   Tsai, Ying Mei ^c  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN SPORT UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c CENTRAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Grateful; Positive psychology; Well being

Indexed keywords

EID: 70949093264     PISSN: 13894978     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10902-008-9112-7     Document Type: Article

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