Revisiting the Empirical Distinction Between Hedonic and Eudaimonic Aspects of Well-Being Using Exploratory Structural Equation Modeling

Journal of Happiness Studies

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 2023-2036

  Joshanloo, Mohsen ^a  

^a Keimyung University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

ESEM; Eudaimonic well being; Factor analysis; Hedonic well being; Keyes model; MIDUS; Social well being

Indexed keywords

EID: 84945157709     PISSN: 13894978     EISSN: 15737780     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10902-015-9683-z     Document Type: Article

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