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Trait Meta-Mood and Subjective Happiness: A 7-week Prospective Study

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The primary aim of the current study was to replicate and extend previous findings by examining the relationship between trait meta-mood and levels of subjective happiness in a 7-week follow-up study. Participants were 192 undergraduate students (155 females) who completed self-report measures of trait meta-mood and subjective happiness. After 7 weeks, 155 students completed the subjective happiness scale again. Focusing first on cross-sectional analysis, meta-mood dimensions were found to be moderately related to levels of subjective happiness. Next, along with initial levels of subjective happiness, we found that meta-mood dimensions independently predicted prospective levels of subjective happiness over a 7-week follow-up. These findings provide some preliminary evidence on the prospective value of meta-mood dimensions as relevant individual differences involved in the maintenance of emotional well-being indicators.

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    Natalio Extremera, Jose Martín Salguero & Pablo Fernández-Berrocal

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Extremera, N., Salguero, J.M. & Fernández-Berrocal, P. Trait Meta-Mood and Subjective Happiness: A 7-week Prospective Study. J Happiness Stud 12, 509–517 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10902-010-9233-7

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