Exploring the role of personality in the relationship between maximization and well-being

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 370-375

  Purvis, Alison ^a   Howell, Ryan T ^a   Iyer, Ravi ^b  

^a SAN FRANCISCO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Big Five; Maximization; Personality traits; Subjective well being

Indexed keywords

EID: 78649629936     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2010.10.023     Document Type: Article

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