The influence of environment and personality on the affective and cognitive component of subjective well-being

Social Indicators Research

Volumn 89, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 41-60

  Schimmack, Ulrich ^a   Schupp, Jürgen ^b   Wagner, Gert G ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^c TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Affect; Life satisfaction; Neuroticism; Personality; Unemployment; Well being

Indexed keywords

INFLATION; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS; SOCIOECONOMIC INDICATOR; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS; UNEMPLOYMENT;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GERMANY;

EID: 50849099521     PISSN: 03038300     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11205-007-9230-3     Document Type: Article

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