Purpose in life and hopelessness: An empirical study;Sentido de la vida y desesperanza: Un estudio empírico

Universitas Psychologica

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 447-454

  García Alandete, Joaquín ^a   Gallego Pérez, José Francisco ^a   Pérez Delgado, Esteban ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE VALENCIA SAN VICENTE MÁRTIR   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Depression psychology; Hopelessness; Life expectancy; Purpose in life; Suicide risk factors; Suicide risk

Indexed keywords

EID: 77950820291     PISSN: 16579267     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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