Happy as an extraverted clam? The role of personality for subjective well-being

Current Directions in Psychological Science

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 141-144

  DeNeve, Kristina M ^a  

^a BAYLOR UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Extraversion; Meta analysis; Neuroticism; Personality; Subjective well being

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033238701     PISSN: 09637214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-8721.00033     Document Type: Article

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