Be yourself, believe in yourself, and be happy: Self-efficacy as a mediator between personality factors and subjective well-being

Scandinavian Journal of Psychology

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 43-48

  Strobel, Maria ^a   Tumasjan, Andranik ^a   Spörrle, Matthias ^b  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b University of Applied Management Erding   (Germany)

Author keywords

Happiness; Life satisfaction; Personality; Self efficacy; Subjective well being

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HAPPINESS; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONALITY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SATISFACTION; SELF CONCEPT;

ADULT; FEMALE; HAPPINESS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; PERSONALITY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF EFFICACY;

EID: 78651520976     PISSN: 00365564     EISSN: 14679450     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9450.2010.00826.x     Document Type: Article

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