Subjective wellbeing as an affective-cognitive construct

Journal of Happiness Studies

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 429-449

  Davern, Melanie T ^a   Cummins, Robert A ^b   Stokes, Mark A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Core affect; Homeostasis; Life satisfaction; Personality; Subjective wellbeing

Indexed keywords

EID: 35448952615     PISSN: 13894978     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10902-007-9066-1     Document Type: Article

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