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1Faculdade de Psicologia e de Ciências da Educacão, Universidade do Porto, rua do Campo Alegre, 1055, P-4150 Porto, Portugal. fneto@psi.up.pt
Abstract:
The Oxford Happiness Inventory and a battery of personality measures were completed by 171 subjects. The results showed predicted positive correlations for happiness with satisfaction with life, self-esteem, and sociability and negative correlations of happiness with embarrassability, loneliness, shyness, and social anxiety. Four predictors (satisfaction with life, shyness, loneliness, and sociability) accounted for 58% of the variance in happiness scores. These results support previous research as well as validate the Portuguese version of the happiness inventory.
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