How Do People Pursue Happiness?: Relating Personality, Happiness-Increasing Strategies, and Well-Being
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Intentional behaviors account for a significant portion of how happiness can be realized among individuals.
“The third objective is to identify particular behavioral strategies that are predictive of happiness among the intended participants since intentional behaviors account for a significant portion of how happiness can be realized among individuals (Tkach & Lyubomirsky, 2006).”
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- Authors
- Tkach, C., & Lyubomirsky, S.
- Affiliations
- University of California, Riverside (US)
- Corresponding author
- Tkach, Chris
- ORCID
- Lyubomirsky, Sonja
- Venue
- Journal of Happiness Studies
- Published
- 2006-06
- Volume
- 7
- Issue
- 2
- Pages
- 183-225
- ISSN
- 1389-4978 (ISSN-L)
- 1573-7780
- OpenAlex
- W2160989508
- Cited by
- 414
- References
- 20
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- FWCI
- 10.17
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Licence
- www.springer.com/tdm (tdm)
- Locations
- Journal of Happiness Studies (publishedVersion)
- RePEc: Research Papers in Economics (submittedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Psychological Well-being and Life Satisfaction
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Applied Psychology › Optimism, Hope, and Well-being
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Recreation, Leisure, Wilderness Management
- Keywords
- subjective well-being, Big Five personality traits, affiliation, mental control, goal pursuit, leisure, partying, gender differences, ethnic differences, self-reported happiness
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