The funds, friends, and faith of happy people

American Psychologist

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 56-67

  Myers, David G ^a  

^a HOPE COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FEMALE; HAPPINESS; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; MARRIAGE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RELIGION; SATISFACTION; SOCIOECONOMICS;

FEMALE; HAPPINESS; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MARRIAGE; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; RELIGION AND PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 85047677376     PISSN: 0003066X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0003-066X.55.1.56     Document Type: Article

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