Perceived Capabilities as an Aggregated Indicator for Well-Being

Applied Research in Quality of Life

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 615-629

  Van Ootegem, Luc ^a,b   Verhofstadt, Elsy ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Capabilities; Life domains; Personality traits; Satisfaction; Well being

Indexed keywords

EID: 84947047632     PISSN: 18712584     EISSN: 18712576     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11482-014-9343-1     Document Type: Article

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