The Big Five personality domains as predictors of social wellbeing in Iranian university students

Journal of Social and Personal Relationships

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 639-660

  Joshanloo, Mohsen ^a   Rastegar, Parviz ^b   Bakhshi, Ali ^c  

^a VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HERTFORDSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND CULTURE   (Iran)

Author keywords

eudaimonic wellbeing; hedonic wellbeing; Iran; Social wellbeing; the Big Five

Indexed keywords

EID: 84865522370     PISSN: 02654075     EISSN: 14603608     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0265407512443432     Document Type: Article

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