The Subjective Happiness Scale: Translation and Preliminary Psychometric Evaluation of a Spanish Version

Social Indicators Research

Volumn 119, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 473-481

  Extremera, Natalio ^a   Fernández Berrocal, Pablo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÁLAGA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Measurement; Spanish validation; Subjective happiness; Well being

Indexed keywords

EID: 84886830471     PISSN: 03038300     EISSN: 15730921     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11205-013-0497-2     Document Type: Article

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