How do people pursue happiness?: Relating personality, happiness-increasing strategies, and well-being

Journal of Happiness Studies

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 183-225

  Tkach, Chris ^a   Lyubomirsky, Sonja ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Affiliation; Big Five; Factor analysis; Goals; Happiness; Leisure; Mediation; Mental control; Personality; Subjective well being

Indexed keywords

EID: 33745630066     PISSN: 13894978     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10902-005-4754-1     Document Type: Review

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