Combining happines's and suffering in a retrospective view of anchor periods in life: A differential approach to subjective well-being

Social Indicators Research

Volumn 77, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 139-169

  Shmotkin, Dov ^a   Berkovich, Michal ^a   Cohen, Keren ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Happiness; Life narrative; Psychological types; Subjective well being; Suffering

Indexed keywords

EDUCATION; PSYCHOLOGY; QUALITY OF LIFE;

EID: 33745065783     PISSN: 03038300     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11205-005-5556-x     Document Type: Article

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