Life balance and well-being: Testing a novel conceptual and measurement approach

Journal of Personality

Volumn 78, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 1093-1134

  Sheldon, Kennon M ^a   Cummins, Robert ^b   Kamble, Shanmukh ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^b DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c KARNATAK UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DECISION MAKING; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INDIA; LEISURE; LIFESTYLE; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; QUALITY OF LIFE; REPRODUCIBILITY; SATISFACTION; SLEEP; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; WORKLOAD;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; LEISURE ACTIVITIES; LIFE STYLE; MALE; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY OF LIFE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SLEEP; UNITED STATES; WORKLOAD; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77954531746     PISSN: 00223506     EISSN: 14676494     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-6494.2010.00644.x     Document Type: Article

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