Family as a salient source of meaning in young adulthood

Journal of Positive Psychology

Volumn 5, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 367-376

  Lambert, Nathaniel M ^a   Stillman, Tyler F ^b   Baumeister, Roy F ^a   Fincham, Frank D ^a   Hicks, Joshua A ^c   Graham, Steven M ^d  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SOUTHERN UTAH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d NEW COLLEGE OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Family; Meaning; Source of meaning; Young adulthood

Indexed keywords

EID: 77958537457     PISSN: 17439760     EISSN: 17439779     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17439760.2010.516616     Document Type: Article

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