Evaluation of Affect in Mexico and Spain: Psychometric Properties and Usefulness of an Abbreviated Version of the Day Reconstruction Method

Journal of Happiness Studies

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 915-935

  Caballero, Francisco Félix ^a,b,c   Miret, Marta ^a,b,c   Olaya, Beatriz ^d   Perales, Jaime ^d   López Ridaura, Ruy ^e   Haro, Josep Maria ^b,d   Chatterji, Somnath ^f   Ayuso Mateos, José Luis ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO DE SALUD CARLOS III   (Spain)

^c HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO DE LA PRINCESA   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^e INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE SALUD PÚBLICA   (Mexico)

^f WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Day Reconstruction Method (DRM); Net affect; Subjective well being; U index

Indexed keywords

EID: 84880017336     PISSN: 13894978     EISSN: 15737780     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10902-013-9456-5     Document Type: Article

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