Happiness is best kept stable: Positive emotion variability is associated with poorer psychological health

Emotion

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 1-6

  Gruber, June ^a   Kogan, Aleksandr ^b   Quoidbach, Jordi ^c   Mauss, Iris B ^d  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Fluctuation; Happiness; Positive emotion; Stability; Variability

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HAPPINESS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LIFE SATISFACTION; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL BEING; EMOTION; FRANCE; HEALTH STATUS; MENTAL STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SATISFACTION; TIME; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; ANXIETY; DEPRESSION; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; FRANCE; HAPPINESS; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; QUESTIONNAIRES; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84880255173     PISSN: 15283542     EISSN: 19311516     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0030262     Document Type: Article

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