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The Set-Point Theory of Well-Being: Negative Results and Consequent Revisions
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Headey, Bruce – Social Indicators Research, 2008
An adequate theory of happiness or subjective well-being (SWB) needs to link at least three sets of variables: stable person characteristics (including personality traits), life events and measures of well-being (life satisfaction, positive affects) and ill-being (anxiety, depression, negative affects). It also needs to be based on long-term data…
Descriptors: Personality Traits, Life Satisfaction, Personality, Personality Measures