Happier together. Social cohesion and subjective well-being in Europe

International Journal of Psychology

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 163-176

  Delhey, Jan ^a   Dragolov, Georgi ^b,c  

^a OTTO VON GUERICKE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b JACOBS UNIVERSITY BREMEN   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Affluence; European Quality of Life Survey; Happiness; Inequality; Psychological functioning; Social cohesion; Subjective well being

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; EMOTION; EMPLOYMENT; EUROPE; FEMALE; HAPPINESS; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; MARRIAGE; MIDDLE AGED; PERCEPTION; POVERTY; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIAL JUSTICE; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADULT; AGED; EMOTIONS; EMPLOYMENT; EUROPE; FEMALE; HAPPINESS; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MARITAL STATUS; MIDDLE AGED; POVERTY; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIAL JUSTICE; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84923260373     PISSN: 00207594     EISSN: 1464066X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ijop.12149     Document Type: Article

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