Personal Resources, Hope, and Achievement Among College Students: The Conservation of Resources Perspective

Journal of Happiness Studies

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 543-560

  Feldman, David B ^a   Davidson, Oranit B ^b   Margalit, Malka ^b,c  

^a SANTA CLARA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Peres Academic Center   (Israel)

^c TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Academic achievement; Conservation of resources (COR); Hope Theory; Intervention; Optimism; Self efficacy

Indexed keywords

EID: 84894252788     PISSN: 13894978     EISSN: 15737780     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10902-014-9508-5     Document Type: Article

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