Are Health and Happiness the Product of Wisdom? The Relationship of General Mental Ability to Educational and Occupational Attainment, Health, and Well-Being

Journal of Applied Psychology

Volumn 95, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 454-468

  Judge, Timothy A ^a   Ilies, Remus ^b   Dimotakis, Nikolaos ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

General mental ability; Health; Intelligence; Occupational attainment; Well being

Indexed keywords

ACHIEVEMENT; ADDICTION; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FEMALE; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; HAPPINESS; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE; JOB SATISFACTION; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMICS; TWINS;

ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HAPPINESS; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE; JOB SATISFACTION; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; TWINS;

EID: 77954765658     PISSN: 00219010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0019084     Document Type: Article

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