How Friendship Network Characteristics Influence Subjective Well-Being

Social Indicators Research

Volumn 107, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 509-529

  van der Horst, Mariska ^a   Coffé, Hilde ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Friendship network; Self reported health; Social support; Social trust; Stress; Subjective well being

Indexed keywords

HETEROGENEITY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL NETWORK; SOCIAL STRUCTURE;

CANADA;

EID: 84861661103     PISSN: 03038300     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11205-011-9861-2     Document Type: Article

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