Subjective well-being: The constructionist point of view. A longitudinal study to verify the predictive power of top-down effects and bottom-up processes

Social Indicators Research

Volumn 70, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 53-77

  Leonardi, Fabio ^a   Spazzafumo, Liana ^a   Marcellini, Fiorella ^b  

^a INRCA   (Italy)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Constructionist point of view; Life facet satisfaction; Overall life satisfaction; Predictive power of the bottom up processes; Predictive power of the top down effects; Satisfaction judgments

Indexed keywords

QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIAL INDICATOR; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; SOUTHERN EUROPE; WORLD;

EID: 19144364292     PISSN: 03038300     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11205-005-5016-7     Document Type: Article

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