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The Satisfaction with Life Scale (SWLS): Psychometric Properties in an Arabic-speaking Sample

Taisir Abdallah Bethlehem University, Social Science Department, P.O. Box 9, Bethlehem, Israel
Pages 113-119 | Published online: 27 Mar 2012

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