The Happy Personality: A Meta-Analysis of 137 Personality Traits and Subjective Well-Being

Psychological Bulletin

Volumn 124, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 197-229

  DeNeve, Kristina M ^b   Cooper, Harris ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^b BAYLOR UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; FEMALE; HAPPINESS; HUMAN; MALE; META ANALYSIS; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONALITY; PERSONALITY TEST; PHYSIOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HAPPINESS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONALITY; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 0032160874     PISSN: 00332909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0033-2909.124.2.197     Document Type: Article

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