Predicting Psychological and Subjective Well-Being from Personality: Incremental Prediction from 30 Facets Over the Big 5

Journal of Happiness Studies

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 59-80

  Anglim, Jeromy ^a   Grant, Sharon ^b  

^a DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b SWINBURNE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Big 5; Personality; Personality facets; Psychological well being; Subjective well being

Indexed keywords

EID: 84957434391     PISSN: 13894978     EISSN: 15737780     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10902-014-9583-7     Document Type: Article

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