The relation of character strengths to past, present, and future life satisfaction among german-speaking women

Applied Psychology: Health and Well-Being

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 370-384

  Proyer, René T ^a   Gander, Fabian ^a   Wyss, Tobias ^a   Ruch, Willibald ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Character strengths; Life satisfaction; Positive psychology; Temporal satisfaction with life

Indexed keywords

EID: 84859562470     PISSN: 17580846     EISSN: 17580854     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1758-0854.2011.01060.x     Document Type: Article

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