Optimism and Subjective Well-Being: Affectivity Plays a Secondary Role in the Relationship Between Optimism and Global Life Satisfaction in the Middle-Aged Women. Longitudinal and Cross-Cultural Findings

Journal of Happiness Studies

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 1-16

  Daukantaitė, Daiva ^a   Zukauskiene, Rita ^b  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b MYKOLAS ROMERIS UNIVERSITY   (Lithuania)

Author keywords

Life satisfaction; Longitudinal; Negative affect; Optimism; Positive affect; Subjective well being

Indexed keywords

EID: 84858295607     PISSN: 13894978     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10902-010-9246-2     Document Type: Article

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