Positive Time: Balanced Time Perspective and Positive Orientation

Journal of Happiness Studies

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 1511-1528

  Sobol Kwapinska, Małgorzata ^a   Jankowski, Tomasz ^a  

^a JOHN PAUL II CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF LUBLIN   (Poland)

Author keywords

Balanced time perspective; Carpe Diem; Positive orientation; Time perspective

Indexed keywords

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; POLISH CITIZEN;

EID: 84979298739     PISSN: 13894978     EISSN: 15737780     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10902-015-9656-2     Document Type: Article

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