Volunteer Work and Hedonic, Eudemonic, and Social Well-Being

Sociological Forum

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 658-681

  Son, Joonmo ^a   Wilson, John ^b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Hedonic, eudemonic, social well being; Longitudinal analysis; Mental health; Volunteering

Indexed keywords

EID: 84865532631     PISSN: 08848971     EISSN: 15737861     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1573-7861.2012.01340.x     Document Type: Article

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