Inner Wellbeing: Concept and Validation of a New Approach to Subjective Perceptions of Wellbeing—India

Social Indicators Research

Volumn 119, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 723-746

  White, Sarah C ^a   Gaines, Stanley O ^b   Jha, Shreya ^a  

^a University of Bath   (United Kingdom)

^b BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

India; International development; Model validation; Psychosocial; Subjective wellbeing

Indexed keywords

EID: 84964282692     PISSN: 03038300     EISSN: 15730921     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11205-013-0504-7     Document Type: Article

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