Happiness Through Vacationing: Just a Temporary Boost or Long-Term Benefits?

Journal of Happiness Studies

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 651-665

  Nawijn, Jeroen ^a,b  

^a NHTV BREDA UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Netherlands)

^b ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Affect; Holiday trips; Longitudinal; Subjective well being; Tourism

Indexed keywords

EID: 80052036517     PISSN: 13894978     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10902-010-9221-y     Document Type: Article

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