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Quality of life, intelligence and mood

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We investigated the relationship between quality of life (QOL), general ability and current mood in a sample of young men (N=269, mean age 24.9 years). Intelligence (verbal, spatial and mathematical) and technical ability were uncorrelated with QOL. Current mood such as pleasure, anger, sadness, boredom correlated firmly with QOL. The paper concludes that intelligence seems to be a variable of minor interest for QOL-studies.

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  1. National Institute for Alcohol and Drug Research, Dannevigsveien 10, N-0463, Oslo, Norway

    Reidulf G. Watten, Jon Lars Syversen & Trond Myhrer

  2. Psychological Services of the Norwegian Armed Forces, Oslo, Norway

    Reidulf G. Watten, Jon Lars Syversen & Trond Myhrer

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Watten, R.G., Syversen, J.L. & Myhrer, T. Quality of life, intelligence and mood. Soc Indic Res 36, 287–299 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01078818

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