Validation of the Flourishing Scale and Scale of Positive and Negative Experience in Portugal

Social Indicators Research

Volumn 110, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 469-478

  Silva, Ana Junça ^a   Caetano, António ^a  

^a INSTITUTO UNIVERSITÁRIO DE LISBOA ISCTE IUL   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Flourishing; Negative emotions; Positive emotions; Subjective well being

Indexed keywords

MEASUREMENT METHOD; PSYCHOLOGY; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIAL INDICATOR;

PORTUGAL;

EID: 84872495395     PISSN: 03038300     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11205-011-9938-y     Document Type: Article

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