Conceptual referent for happiness: Cross-country comparisons

Journal of Social Research and Policy

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 103-116

  Rojas, Mariano ^a,c   Vittersø, Joar ^b  

^a Facultad Latinoamericana de Ciencias Sociales Mexico   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

^c UPAEP   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Conceptual referent; Cross country comparisons; Happiness; Social construction

Indexed keywords

EID: 84872501987     PISSN: 20672640     EISSN: 20689861     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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