The Contribution of Job and Partner Satisfaction to the Homeostatic Defense of Subjective Wellbeing

Social Indicators Research

Volumn 111, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 203-217

  Lai, Lufanna C H ^a   Cummins, Robert A ^b  

^a LINGNAN UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^b DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cultural response bias; Global life satisfaction; Homeostatic model; Homeostatically protected mood; Personal Wellbeing Index; Subjective wellbeing

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; CORRELATION; EMPLOYMENT; HOMEOSTASIS; MODELING; SOCIOECONOMIC SURVEY;

EID: 84873412620     PISSN: 03038300     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11205-011-9991-6     Document Type: Article

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