Mediating Effects of Core Self-Evaluations on The Relationship Between Social Support and Life Satisfaction

Social Indicators Research

Volumn 114, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 1161-1169

  Song, Guoping ^a   Kong, Feng ^c   Jin, Weitao ^b  

^a SHAANXI NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b XI'AN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^c BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Chinese participants; Life satisfaction; Self evaluations; Social support

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION; GENDER ISSUE; NUMERICAL MODEL; QUALITY OF LIFE;

CHINA;

EID: 84886753400     PISSN: 03038300     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11205-012-0195-5     Document Type: Article

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