Adolescents' Temperament and Character: A Longitudinal Study on Happiness

Journal of Happiness Studies

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 931-946

  Garcia, Danilo ^a   Moradi, Saleh ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Character; Cloninger's psychobiological model of personality; Happiness; Subjective well being; Temperament; Temperament and character inventory

Indexed keywords

EID: 84866480671     PISSN: 13894978     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10902-011-9300-8     Document Type: Article

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