Day-To-Day Affect is Surprisingly Stable: A 2-Year Longitudinal Study of Well-Being

Social Psychological and Personality Science

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 45-54

  Hudson, Nathan W ^a   Lucas, Richard E ^a   Donnellan, M Brent ^b  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

day reconstruction method; personality processes; well being

Indexed keywords

EID: 85008245575     PISSN: 19485506     EISSN: 19485514     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1948550616662129     Document Type: Article

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