A hybrid model for research on subjective well-being: Examining common- and component-specific sources of variance in life satisfaction, positive affect, and negative affect

Social Indicators Research

Volumn 83, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 413-445

  Busseri, Michael A ^a   Sadava, Stanley W ^a   DeCourville, Nancy ^a  

^a BROCK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Latent factor; Life satisfaction; Negative affect; Positive affect; Subjective well being

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT METHOD; MEASUREMENT METHOD; MODELING; QUALITY OF LIFE; VARIANCE ANALYSIS;

EID: 34249728325     PISSN: 03038300     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11205-006-9028-8     Document Type: Article

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