Big Five Personality Traits and Self-Esteem as Predictors of Life Satisfaction in Iranian Muslim University Students

Journal of Happiness Studies

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 105-113

  Joshanloo, Mohsen ^a   Afshari, Samaneh ^b  

^a Chonnam National University   (South Korea)

^b ALLAMEH TABATABA'I UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Big Five; Iran; Life satisfaction; Self esteem

Indexed keywords

EID: 77955926435     PISSN: 13894978     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10902-009-9177-y     Document Type: Article

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