Does it matter where we live? The urban psychology of character strengths

American Psychologist

Volumn 65, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 535-547

  Park, Nansook ^a   Peterson, Christopher ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Character strengths; Entrepreneurship; Presidential voting; U.S. Cities; Urban psychology

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHARACTER; CITY; HUMAN; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION; URBANIZATION;

CHARACTER; CITIES; HUMANS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION; URBANIZATION;

EID: 77956590820     PISSN: 0003066X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0019621     Document Type: Article

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