Boyce, Christopher; Wood, Alex; Powdthavee, Nattavudh - In: Social Indicators Research 111 (2013) 1, pp. 287-305
Personality is the strongest and most consistent cross-sectional predictor of high subjective well-being. Less predictive economic factors, such as higher income or improved job status, are often the focus of applied subjective well-being research due to a perception that they can change whereas...