The affective profiles in the USA: Happiness, depression, life satisfaction, and happiness-increasing strategies

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Volumn 2013, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Schütz, Erica ^a,b,c   Sailer, Uta ^a,c   Nima, Ali Al ^a,c   Rosenberg, Patricia ^c   Arntén, Ann Christine Andersson ^a,c   Archer, Trevor ^a,b,c   Garcia, Danilo ^a,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b LINNAEUS UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c Network for Empowerment and Well Being   (Sweden)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Affective profiles; Depression; Happiness; Happiness increasing strategies; Life satisfaction; Negative affect; Positive affect; Subjective well being

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HAPPINESS; HUMAN; LEISURE; LIFE SATISFACTION; LIKERT SCALE; MALE; POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE AFFECT SCHEDULE; PREVALENCE; SATISFACTION WITH LIFE SCALE; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF REPORT; TASK PERFORMANCE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84884553962     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21678359     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7717/peerj.156     Document Type: Article

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