The Relationship Between Personality and Subjective Well-Being: Different Association Patterns When Measuring the Affective Component in Frequency and Intensity

Journal of Happiness Studies

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1023-1034

  Garcia, Danilo ^a   Erlandsson, Arvid ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Affect balance; Affect frequency and intensity; Extraversion; Negative affect; Neuroticism; Personality; Positive affect; Subjective well being

Indexed keywords

EID: 80255135500     PISSN: 13894978     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10902-010-9242-6     Document Type: Article

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