Life aspirations, personality traits and subjective well-being in a Spanish sample

European Journal of Personality

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 45-55

  Romero, Estrella ^a   Gómez Fraguela, José A ^a   Villar, Paula ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Five Factor Model; Intrinsic and extrinsic aspirations; Self determination theory; Subjective well being; Traits

Indexed keywords

EID: 84855642790     PISSN: 08902070     EISSN: 10990984     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/per.815     Document Type: Article

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