Re-examining the general positivity model of subjective well-being: The discrepancy between specific and global domain satisfaction

Journal of Personality

Volumn 69, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 641-666

  Oishi, Shigehiro ^b   Diener, Ed ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; EXTRAVERSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PERSONALITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; SATISFACTION; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; TIME; UNITED STATES;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; EXTRAVERSION (PSYCHOLOGY); FEMALE; HUMANS; ILLINOIS; JUDGMENT; MALE; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; PERSONALITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0035434150     PISSN: 00223506     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-6494.694158     Document Type: Article

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