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EUROPEAN PSYCHOLOGIST
Volume 10, Issue 4, Pages 275-286Publisher
HOGREFE & HUBER PUBLISHERS
DOI: 10.1027/1016-9040.10.4.275
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self-efficacy beliefs; positive thinking; happiness
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In line with prior work, the present study aimed at examining a conceptual model positing that affective and social self-regulatory efficacy beliefs influences and affective components of subjective well-being, namely positive thinking and happiness. Positive thinking corresponds to the latent dimension underlying life satisfaction, self-esteem and optimism. Happiness, instead corresponds to the difference between positive and negative affect, as they are experienced in a variety of daily life situations. The study was conducted on 683 Italian adults belonging to six different age groups. The findings of the study corroborated the paths of relations linking the examined variables.
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