The many Faces of life satisfaction among finnish young adults'

Journal of Happiness Studies

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 721-737

  Martikainen, Liisa ^a  

^a University of Applied Sciences   (Finland)

Author keywords

Developmental tasks; Happiness; Life satisfaction; Lifespan; Socialization; Young adults

Indexed keywords

EID: 70949104287     PISSN: 13894978     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10902-008-9117-2     Document Type: Article

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