Leisure and Subjective Well-Being: A Model of Psychological Mechanisms as Mediating Factors

Journal of Happiness Studies

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 555-578

  Newman, David B ^a   Tay, Louis ^b   Diener, Ed ^c  

^a The College of William and Mary   (United States)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Leisure; Psychological mechanisms; Review; Subjective well being

Indexed keywords

EID: 84901663516     PISSN: 13894978     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10902-013-9435-x     Document Type: Review

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