A measure of subjective happiness: Preliminary reliability and construct validation

Social Indicators Research

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 137-155

  Lyubomirsky, Sonja ^a   Lepper, Heidi S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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METHODOLOGY; SOCIOECONOMIC INDICATOR;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032970693     PISSN: 03038300     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1006824100041     Document Type: Article

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