'Would I be happier if I moved?' Retirement status and cultural variations in the anticipated and actual levels of happiness

Journal of Positive Psychology

Volumn 4, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 437-446

  Oishi, Shigehiro ^a,c   Whitchurch, Erin ^a   Miao, Felicity F ^a   Kurtz, Jaime ^a   Park, Jina ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b REED COLLEGE   (United States)

^c FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Affective forecasting; Culture; Happiness; Mobility; Retirement

Indexed keywords

EID: 70449372226     PISSN: 17439760     EISSN: 17439779     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17439760903271033     Document Type: Article

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