A longitudinal experimental study comparing the effectiveness of happiness-enhancing strategies in Anglo Americans and Asian Americans

Cognition and Emotion

Volumn 25, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1263-1272

  Boehm, Julia K ^a   Lyubomirsky, Sonja ^a   Sheldon, Kennon M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

Cultural differences; Culture; Happiness; Intervention; Life satisfaction; Well being

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANGLO AMERICAN; ARTICLE; ASIAN AMERICAN; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHNIC GROUP; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FEMALE; HAPPINESS; HUMAN; LIFE SATISFACTION; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL BEING; RACE DIFFERENCE; SELF CONCEPT;

ADULT; AGED; ASIAN AMERICANS; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HAPPINESS; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; SOCIAL VALUES;

EID: 84855713069     PISSN: 02699931     EISSN: 14640600     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02699931.2010.541227     Document Type: Article

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