Happiness is the frequency, not the intensity, of positive versus negative affect

Social Indicators Research Series

Volumn 39, Issue , 2009, Pages 213-231

  Diener, Ed ^b   Sandvik, Ed ^a   Pavot, William ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Emotional Intensity; Happiness Scale; Negative Affect; Positive Affect; Positive Emotion

Indexed keywords

EID: 85200475980     PISSN: 13876570     EISSN: 22150099     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-90-481-2354-4_10     Document Type: Chapter

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