Understanding the diversity of conceptions of well-being and quality of life

Journal of Socio-Economics

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 351-360

  Gasper, Des ^a  

^a ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Quality of life, Eudaimonic and hedonic well being, Evaluation methodologies, Value perspectives, Research traditions, Paradoxes of well being

Indexed keywords

EID: 77953289346     PISSN: 10535357     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socec.2009.11.006     Document Type: Article

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