Are momentary measures of positive affect better predictors of mortality than recalled feelings?

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 109, Issue 18, 2012, Pages

  Daly, Michael ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFFECT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; DEPRESSION; EXPERIENCE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; LETTER; LONGEVITY; MORTALITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECALL; RISK REDUCTION; SMOKING;

FEMALE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HUMANS; MALE; SURVIVAL;

EID: 84860802736     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1201630109     Document Type: Letter

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