Revisiting desirable response bias in well-being reports

Journal of Positive Psychology

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 167-178

  Heintzelman, Samantha J ^a   Trent, Jason ^b   King, Laura A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^b HOOD COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

bogus pipeline; life satisfaction; meaning in life; response bias; self report measures; well being

Indexed keywords

EID: 84914691948     PISSN: 17439760     EISSN: 17439779     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17439760.2014.927903     Document Type: Article

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