Discriminant Validity of Well-Being Measures

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

Volumn 71, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 616-628

  Lucas, Richard E ^a   Diener, Ed ^a   Suh, Eunkook ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROL; FEMALE; HAPPINESS; HUMAN; INDIVIDUALITY; MALE; MOTIVATION; PERCEPTION; PERSONALITY; REFERENCE VALUE; SATISFACTION; SELF CONCEPT;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; FEMALE; HAPPINESS; HUMANS; INDIVIDUALITY; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; MALE; MOTIVATION; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; PERSONALITY; REFERENCE VALUES; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 0030240265     PISSN: 00223514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0022-3514.71.3.616     Document Type: Article

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