Lykken, David T. and Tellegen, Auke (1996) Happiness is a Stochastic Phenomenon. [Journal (Paginated)]
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Abstract
Happiness, or subjective well-being, was measured on a brith-record-based sample of several thousand middle-aged twins using the Well-Being (WB)scale of the Multidimensional Personality Questionnare. Neither socioeconomic status, educational attainment, family income, marital status, nor an indicant of religious commitment could acciunt for more than about 3% of the variance in WB. From 44% to 52% of the variance in WB, however, is associated with genetic variation. Based on the retest os smaller samples of twins after intervals of 4.5 and 10 years, we estimate that the heritability of the stable component of subjective well-being approaches 80%.
Item Type: | Journal (Paginated) |
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Keywords: | Happiness, Well-being, Genetics of personality |
Subjects: | Psychology > Developmental Psychology Psychology > Evolutionary Psychology |
ID Code: | 767 |
Deposited By: | Lykken, David |
Deposited On: | 10 Dec 1998 |
Last Modified: | 11 Mar 2011 08:54 |
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