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Comparing Multiple Discrepancies Theory to Affective Models of Subjective Wellbeing
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Blore, Jed D.; Stokes, Mark A.; Mellor, David; Firth, Lucy; Cummins, Robert A. – Social Indicators Research, 2011
The Subjective Wellbeing (SWB) literature is replete with competing theories detailing the mechanisms underlying the construction and maintenance of SWB. The current study aimed to compare and contrast two of these approaches: multiple discrepancies theory (MDT) and an affective-cognitive theory of SWB. MDT posits SWB to be the result of perceived…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Structural Equation Models, Personality Traits, Goodness of Fit