Beyond self-report in the study of hedonic and eudaimonic well-being: Correlations with acquaintance reports, clinician judgments and directly observed social behavior

Journal of Research in Personality

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 643-659

  Nave, Christopher S ^a   Sherman, Ryne A ^a   Funder, David C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Happiness; Observed behavior; Peer report; Psychological well being; Subjective happiness; Well being

Indexed keywords

EID: 43249098316     PISSN: 00926566     EISSN: 10957251     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jrp.2007.09.001     Document Type: Article

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