Iranian and swedish adolescents: Differences in personality traits and well-being

PeerJ

Volumn 2013, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Kjell, Oscar N E ^a   Nima, Ali A ^b,c   Sikström, Sverker ^a   Archer, Trevor ^b,c   Garcia, Danilo ^b,c,d  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^c NONE

^d UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Big five; Cross cultural; Iran; Personality traits; Psychological well being; Subjective well being; Sweden

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; EXTRAVERSION; FEMALE; HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; LIFE SATISFACTION; MALE; NEUROSIS; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; PERSONALITY; PERSONALITY TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL BEING; QUESTIONNAIRE;

EID: 84888356044     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21678359     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7717/peerj.197     Document Type: Article

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