Personal Values and Well-Being among Europeans, Spanish Natives and Immigrants to Spain: Does the Culture Matter?

Journal of Happiness Studies

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 401-419

  Bobowik, Magdalena ^a   Basabe, Nekane ^a   Páez, Darío ^a   Jiménez, Amaia ^a   Bilbao, Ángeles ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

^b PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE VALPARAÍSO   (Chile)

^c NONE   (Chile)

Author keywords

Immigrants; Personal values; Well being

Indexed keywords

EID: 79955054642     PISSN: 13894978     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10902-010-9202-1     Document Type: Article

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