Social and psychological correlates of happiness in 17 european countries

Irish Journal of Psychological Medicine

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 130-134

  Doherty, Anne M ^a   Kelly, Brendan D ^b  

^a Our Lady's Hospital   (Ireland)

^b MATER MISERICORDIAE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Europe; Happiness; Mental health; Psychiatry; Psychology

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; ATTITUDE TO LIFE; BELGIUM; BULGARIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYPRUS; DENMARK; ESTONIA; EUROPE; FAMILY RELATION; FEMALE; FINLAND; FRANCE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GERMANY; HAPPINESS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; NORWAY; POLAND; PORTUGAL; PREDICTION; RELIGION; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF CONCEPT; SLOVAKIA; SLOVENIA; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SPAIN; SWEDEN; SWITZERLAND; TRUST; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 79851484684     PISSN: 07909667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0790966700001294     Document Type: Article

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