Validity of a happiness Implicit Association Test as a measure of subjective well-being

Journal of Research in Personality

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 490-497

  Walker, Simone S ^a   Schimmack, Ulrich ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Affect; Convergent validity; Happiness; Implicit Association Test; Informant reports; Methodology

Indexed keywords

EID: 41649121870     PISSN: 00926566     EISSN: 10957251     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jrp.2007.07.005     Document Type: Article

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