Influences of Affect Associated with Routine Out-of-Home Activities on Subjective Well-Being

Applied Research in Quality of Life

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 49-62

  Bergstad, Cecilia Jakobsson ^a   Gamble, Amelie ^a   Hagman, Olle ^a   Polk, Merritt ^a   Gärling, Tommy ^a   Ettema, Dick ^b   Friman, Margareta ^c   Olsson, Lars E ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c KARLSTAD UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Mood; Routine out of home activities; Subjective wellbeing; Swedish residents

Indexed keywords

EID: 84857063949     PISSN: 18712584     EISSN: 18712576     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11482-011-9143-9     Document Type: Article

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