I'm Happy, Hope You're Happy Too.: Examining the Different Dynamics of Individual Subjective Well-Being and View on Society

Journal of Happiness Studies

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 17-29

  Hooghe, Marc ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Alienation; Belgium; Ethnocentrism; SCIF survey; Subjective well being

Indexed keywords

EID: 84858277018     PISSN: 13894978     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10902-011-9247-9     Document Type: Article

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