Pursuing happiness in everyday life: The characteristics and behaviors of online happiness seekers

Emotion

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1222-1234

  Parks, Acacia C ^a   Della Porta, Matthew D ^b   Pierce, Russell S ^b   Zilca, Ran ^c   Lyubomirsky, Sonja ^b  

^a REED COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Signal Patterns   (United States)

Author keywords

Happiness; Internet; Intervention; Positive psychology; Smartphone

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HAPPINESS; HUMAN; INTERNET; MALE;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CELLULAR PHONE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSION; HAPPINESS; HUMANS; INTERNET; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONALITY; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; QUESTIONNAIRES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84872797529     PISSN: 15283542     EISSN: 19311516     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0028587     Document Type: Article

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