Two Concepts or Two Approaches? A Bifactor Analysis of Psychological and Subjective Well-Being

Journal of Happiness Studies

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 1033-1068

  Chen, Fang Fang ^a   Jing, Yiming ^a   Hayes, Adele ^a   Lee, Jeong Min ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bifactor model; Life satisfaction; Personality; Positive and negative affect; Psychological well being; Second order factor model; Subjective well being

Indexed keywords

EID: 84879195559     PISSN: 13894978     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10902-012-9367-x     Document Type: Article

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