The Relationship Between Life Satisfaction and Emotional Experience in 21 European Countries

Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 223-244

  Kööts Ausmees, Liisi ^a,b   Realo, Anu ^a,b   Allik, Jüri ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

^b The Estonian Center of Behavioral and Health Sciences   (Estonia)

^c ESTONIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (Estonia)

Author keywords

cultural values; Extraversion; HDI; life satisfaction; mixed emotions; negative emotions; Neuroticism; positive emotions

Indexed keywords

EID: 84872315259     PISSN: 00220221     EISSN: 15525422     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0022022112451054     Document Type: Article

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