A happier and less sinister past, a more hedonistic and less fatalistic present and a more structured future: Time perspective and well-being

PeerJ

Volumn 2014, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Sailer, Uta ^a,b   Rosenberg, Patricia ^b   Al Nima, Ali ^a,b   Gamble, Amelie ^a   Gärling, Tommy ^a   Archer, Trevor ^a,b   Garcia, Danilo ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b Network for Empowerment and Well Being   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Negative affect; Positive affect; Psychological well being; Subjective well being; Temporal life satisfaction; Time perspective

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BOREDOM; FEMALE; HAPPINESS; HUMAN; LIFE SATISFACTION; MALE; MEMORY; MOOD; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE AFFECT SCHEDULE; PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL BEING; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCORING SYSTEM; TEMPORAL SATISFACTION WITH LIFE SCALE; UNDERGRADUATE STUDENT; ZIMBARDO TIME PERSPECTIVE INVENTORY;

EID: 84897944535     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21678359     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7717/peerj.303     Document Type: Article

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