Contribution of Perceived Freedom and Leisure Satisfaction to Life Satisfaction in a Sample of Turkish Women

Social Indicators Research

Volumn 116, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 1-15

  Agyar, Evren ^a  

^a AKDENIZ UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Leisure satisfaction; Life satisfaction; Perceived freedom in leisure; Subjective well being; Women's leisure

Indexed keywords

EID: 84893945060     PISSN: 03038300     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11205-013-0268-0     Document Type: Article

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