Integrating The Diverse Definitions of Happiness: A Time-Sequential Framework of Subjective Well-Being
Journal of Happiness StudiesPublished 1 September 2005
Chu Kim‐Prieto, Ed Diener, Maya Tamir, Christie Napa Scollon, Ed Diener
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emotion, subjective well-being, mood, happiness,
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