How stable is happiness? Using the STARTS model to estimate the stability of life satisfaction

Journal of Research in Personality

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1091-1098

  Lucas, Richard E ^a,b   Donnellan, M Brent ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DIW BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Life satisfaction; Stability; STARTS model; Subjective well being

Indexed keywords

EID: 34648825475     PISSN: 00926566     EISSN: 10957251     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jrp.2006.11.005     Document Type: Article

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