Eudaimonic conceptions of well-being, meaning in life, and self-reported well-being: Initial test of a mediational model

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 51, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 589-594

  McMahan, Ethan A ^a   Renken, Maggie DeHart ^b  

^a WESTERN OREGON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

Author keywords

Beliefs; Eudaimonia; Happiness; Meaning in life; Mediation; Well being

Indexed keywords

EID: 79960398674     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2011.05.020     Document Type: Article

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