Giftedness and subjective well-being: A study with adults

Learning and Individual Differences

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 182-186

  Wirthwein, Linda ^a   Rost, Detlef H ^a  

^a PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Adults; Giftedness; Intelligence; Life satisfaction; Subjective well being

Indexed keywords

EID: 79952107682     PISSN: 10416080     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lindif.2011.01.001     Document Type: Article

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