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World Database of Happiness
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Diener, E., Emmons, R. A., Larsen, R. J., & Griffin, S. (1985) · Journal of Personality Assessment · doi:10.1207/s15327752jpa4901_13 · Cited by 31,768
Subjective well-being: Three decades of progress.
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Methods of Meta-Analysis: Correcting Error and Bias in Research Findings
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Happy life-expectancy: A comprehensive measure of quality-of-life in nations
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Self-citationIs happiness a trait?: Tests of the theory that a better society does not make people any happier
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- Authors
- Veenhoven, R.
- Venue
- Social Indicators Research Series
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Published
- 2004
- Pages
- 75-89
- ISSN
- 1387-6570 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2122850324
- Cited by
- 254
- References
- 4
- FWCI
- 28.29
- Type
- book chapter
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
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