The relationship between adult happiness and self-appraised childhood happiness and events

Journal of Genetic Psychology

Volumn 160, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 46-54

  Freeman, Leslie J ^a   Templer, Donald I ^a   Hill, Curt ^a  

^a ALLIANT INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; FEMALE; HAPPINESS; HUMAN; LIFE EVENT; MALE; MEMORY; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RECALL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGING; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; FEMALE; HAPPINESS; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; MEMORY; MENTAL RECALL; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 0033089263     PISSN: 00221325     EISSN: 19400896     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00221329909595379     Document Type: Article

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