Affective mediators of the influence of neuroticism and resilience on life satisfaction

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 52, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 833-838

  Liu, Ya ^a   Wang, Zhen Hong ^a   Li, Zheng Gen ^a  

^a SHAANXI NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Life satisfaction; Negative affect; Neuroticism; Positive affect; Resilience

Indexed keywords

EID: 84862812471     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2012.01.017     Document Type: Article

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