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Are health and happiness the product of wisdom? The relationship of general mental ability to educational and occupational attainment, health, and well-being.

The Journal of applied psychology - 1 May 2010

Judge Timothy A, Ilies Remus, Dimotakis Nikolaos

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This study tested a structural model explaining the effects of general mental ability on economic, physical, and subjective well-being. A model was proposed that linked general mental ability to well-being using education, unhealthy behaviors (smoking and excessive drinking), occupational prestige, and health as mediating variables. The sample consisted of 398 individuals, from whom measures were collected across...

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PMID: 20476826
DOI: 10.1037/a0019084

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