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SUBMITTER: Wortman J
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4821827 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Apr
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Wortman Jessica J Lucas Richard E RE
Journal of personality and social psychology 20151005 4
Previous research has explored possible origins of individual differences in subjective well-being, focusing largely on stable, internal characteristics of traits as predictors of life satisfaction (Diener & Lucas, 1999). Although past work has demonstrated that life satisfaction is largely stable over the life span, other evidence has also demonstrated the lasting impact of life events. In this study, we use married couples as a test of the impact of life circumstances on life satisfaction, foc ...[more]