New measures of well-being

Social Indicators Research Series

Volumn 39, Issue , 2009, Pages 247-266

  Diener, Ed ^a   Wirtz, Derrick ^b   Biswas Diener, Robert ^b   Tov, William ^b   Kim Prieto, Chu ^b   Choi, Dong Won ^b   Oishi, Shigehiro ^b  

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

^b NONE

Author keywords

Life Satisfaction; Negative Feeling; Positive Feeling; Positive Thinking; Social Indicator Research

Indexed keywords

EID: 85187786768     PISSN: 13876570     EISSN: 22150099     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-90-481-2354-4_12     Document Type: Chapter

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