Affective Mediators of the Influence of Gratitude on Life Satisfaction in Late Adolescence

Social Indicators Research

Volumn 114, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 1361-1369

  Sun, Peizhen ^a   Kong, Feng ^b  

^a JIANGSU NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Affect; Gratitude; Life satisfaction; Subjective well being

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENCE; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; STUDENT; UNIVERSITY SECTOR;

CHINA;

EID: 84886747768     PISSN: 03038300     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11205-013-0333-8     Document Type: Article

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