An examination of culture and gender differences on the Love of Life Scale (LLS) and its psychometric properties.
The present research studied 2570 college students from seven countries: Egypt, Algeria, Kuwait, Lebanon, Iran, India and Turkey. The aims were: (a) to compare love of life mean scores between the seven samples, (b) to examine sex-related differences in love of life, and (c) to explore the principal...
| Publicado en: | Mental Health, Religion & Culture Vol. 26; no. 6; pp. 591 - 600 |
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