Purpose, Mood, and Pleasure in Predicting Satisfaction Judgments

Social Indicators Research

Volumn 105, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 333-341

  Diener, Ed ^a   Fujita, Frank ^b   Tay, Louis ^a   Biswas Diener, Robert ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY SOUTH BEND   (United States)

^c Center for Applied Positive Psychology   (United States)

Author keywords

Daily satisfaction; Feelings; Life satisfaction; Purpose; Self esteem

Indexed keywords

PREDICTION; QUALITY OF LIFE; STUDENT;

EID: 84855321388     PISSN: 03038300     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11205-011-9787-8     Document Type: Article

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