Personal Resilience in Times of Crisis: The Implications of SWB Homeostasis and Set-Points

Journal of Happiness Studies

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 223-235

  Cummins, Robert A ^a   Wooden, Mark ^b  

^a DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Homeostasis; HPMood; Subjective wellbeing

Indexed keywords

EID: 84893872835     PISSN: 13894978     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10902-013-9481-4     Document Type: Article

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