Impact of the timing, type and severity of disability on the subjective well-being of individuals with disabilities.
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Summary
Happiness, measured here by level of happiness, decreases with severity of disability but is independent of the type of physical disability, and those born with a disability are likely to be happier as compared to those disabled later on in life.
- Type
- article
- Published
- 2006-07-01
- Cited by
- 104
- References
- 48
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- https://openalex.org/W2006371803
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- https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:13427515
Keywords
Happiness, Subjective well-being, Unemployment, Psychology, Sample (material)
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