Happiness is a thing called stable extraversion: A further examination of the relationship between the Oxford Happiness Inventory and Eysenck's dimensional model of personality and gender

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 5-11

  Francis, Leslie J ^a  

^a TRINITY COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Extraversion; Eysenck personality questionnaire; Gender; Happiness; Oxford happiness inventory

Indexed keywords

EID: 0002398105     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0191-8869(98)00185-8     Document Type: Article

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