Overestimated relationships with subjective well-being

Canadian Psychology

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 93-100

  Stones, Michael J ^a   Worobetz, Sarah ^a   Brink, Peter ^a  

^a LAKEHEAD UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

general factor of personality; happiness; heritability; satisfaction; subjective well being

Indexed keywords

EID: 80052484125     PISSN: 07085591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0020694     Document Type: Review

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