Abstract
Obviously happiness does not only depend on (external) living conditions, but also on (internal) individual characteristics. Consequently many investigators have tried to identify differences between happy and unhappy people. Some of them hoped to find guidelines for therapy and education. Again a wealth of data came into the open. These data can be classified in six main categories.
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Veenhoven, R. (1984). Happiness and Individual Characteristics. In: Conditions of Happiness. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-6432-7_7
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