Happier people live more active lives: Using smartphones to link happiness and physical activity

PLoS ONE

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2017, Pages

  Lathia, Neal ^a   Sandstrom, Gillian M ^a   Mascolo, Cecilia ^a   Rentfrow, Peter J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCELEROMETER; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR ASSESSMENT; BODY POSTURE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; EMOTION; HAPPINESS; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; RUNNING; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF REPORT; SMARTPHONE; VALIDITY; ACCELEROMETRY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFFECT; DEVICES; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MULTILEVEL ANALYSIS; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; THEORETICAL MODEL; YOUNG ADULT;

ACCELEROMETRY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFFECT; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HAPPINESS; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, THEORETICAL; MULTILEVEL ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SELF REPORT; SMARTPHONE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85008366613     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0160589     Document Type: Article

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