Self-Other Agreement in Happiness and Life-Satisfaction: The Role of Personality Traits

Social Indicators Research

Volumn 114, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 479-492

  Dobewall, Henrik ^a   Realo, Anu ^a   Allik, Jüri ^a,b   Esko, Tõnu ^c   Metspalu, Andres ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

^b ESTONIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (Estonia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

Author keywords

Happiness and life satisfaction; NEO PI 3; Personality ratings; Self other agreement; Subjective well being

Indexed keywords

QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIAL INDICATOR;

EID: 84884984035     PISSN: 03038300     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11205-012-0157-y     Document Type: Article

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