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Which Personality Types Are Most Likely to Be Happy?
By Scott Barry Kaufman — 2017
We all want more well-being in our lives. But which traits are most likely to be associated with well-being? This is an important question because it can help inform our decision to cultivate some aspects of our being over others, and can even inform culture-wide interventions to increase societal levels of well-being.
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