Adolescents' psychological well-being and memory for life events: Influences on life satisfaction with respect to temperamental dispositions

Journal of Happiness Studies

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 407-419

  Garcia, Danilo ^a   Siddiqui, Anver ^b,c  

^a KARLSTAD UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b LINNAEUS UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Life events; Psychological well being; Satisfaction with life; Temperament

Indexed keywords

EID: 76649089969     PISSN: 13894978     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10902-008-9096-3     Document Type: Article

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