Discriminant validity of well-being measures.
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Summary
The convergent and discriminant validities of well-being concepts were examined using multitrait-multimethod matrix analyses and showed that life satisfaction is discrim inable from positive and negative affect, positive affect is discriminable fromnegative affect, and life Satisfaction is discriminating from optimism and self-esteem.
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- article
- Published
- 1996-01-01
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- 1,898
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- 41
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Keywords
Psychology, Optimism, Discriminant validity, Affect (linguistics), Life satisfaction
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