Personal or environmental causes of happiness: A longitudinal analysis

Journal of Social Psychology

Volumn 139, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 79-90

  Lu, Luo ^a  

^a KAOHSIUNG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROL; ENVIRONMENT; EXTRAVERSION; FEMALE; HAPPINESS; HUMAN; LIFE EVENT; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONALITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SATISFACTION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TAIWAN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ENVIRONMENT; EXTRAVERSION (PSYCHOLOGY); FEMALE; HAPPINESS; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; PERSONALITY; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TAIWAN;

EID: 0033071801     PISSN: 00224545     EISSN: 19401183     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00224549909598363     Document Type: Article

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