Happiness as stable extraversion: Internal consistency reliability and construct validity of the oxford happiness questionnaire among undergraduate students

Current Psychology

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 89-94

  Robbins, Mandy ^a   Francis, Leslie J ^a   Edwards, Bethan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^b BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Extraversion; Eysenck personality questionnaire revised; Happiness; Neuroticism; Oxford happiness questionnaire

Indexed keywords

EID: 77952322487     PISSN: 10461310     EISSN: 19364733     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12144-010-9076-8     Document Type: Article

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