The Wise Thinking and Acting Questionnaire: The Cognitive Facet of Wisdom and its Relation with Memory, Affect, and Hope

Journal of Happiness Studies

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 849-873

  Moraitou, Despina ^a   Efklides, Anastasia ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

Expert knowledge; Integrated dialectical thinking; Lifespan development; Uncertainty; Values

Indexed keywords

EID: 84866494147     PISSN: 13894978     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10902-011-9295-1     Document Type: Article

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