University Students' Subjective Well-being: The Role of Autonomy Support from Parents, Friends, and the Romantic Partner

Journal of Happiness Studies

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 893-910

  Ratelle, Catherine F ^a   Simard, Karine ^a   Guay, Frédéric ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Autonomy support; Friends; Parents; Romantic partner; Subjective well being; University students

Indexed keywords

EID: 84879206133     PISSN: 13894978     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10902-012-9360-4     Document Type: Article

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