First-person reports and the measurement of happiness

Philosophical Psychology

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 571-583

  Alexandrova, Anna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI ST LOUIS   (United States)

Author keywords

First person reports; Introspection; Life satisfaction; Subjective well being

Indexed keywords

EID: 54149093980     PISSN: 09515089     EISSN: 1465394X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09515080802412552     Document Type: Article

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