Concepts of Happiness Across Time and Cultures

Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 559-577

  Oishi, Shigehiro ^a   Graham, Jesse ^b   Kesebir, Selin ^c   Galinha, Iolanda Costa ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c LONDON BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSIDADE AUTÓNOMA DE LISBOA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

culture; happiness; historical; subjective well being

Indexed keywords

EID: 84876446582     PISSN: 01461672     EISSN: 15527433     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0146167213480042     Document Type: Article

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