Understanding the pathways to purpose: Examining personality and well-being correlates across adulthood

Journal of Positive Psychology

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 227-234

  Hill, Patrick L ^a   Sumner, Rachel ^b   Burrow, Anthony L ^b  

^a CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b Department of Human Development Cornell University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

adult development; personality; purpose; purpose exploration; well being

Indexed keywords

EID: 84897982625     PISSN: 17439760     EISSN: 17439779     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17439760.2014.888584     Document Type: Article

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