Promoting happiness: The malleability of individual and societal subjective wellbeing

International Journal of Psychology

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 159-176

  Tay, Louis ^a   Kuykendall, Lauren ^b  

^a SINGAPORE MANAGEMENT UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

GDP; Income; Intervention; Life satisfaction; Negative emotions; Positive emotions; Review; Unemployment

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HAPPINESS; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; MENTAL HEALTH; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SATISFACTION; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNEMPLOYMENT;

HAPPINESS; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; MENTAL HEALTH; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNEMPLOYMENT;

EID: 84880624613     PISSN: 00207594     EISSN: 1464066X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00207594.2013.779379     Document Type: Article

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