738 vII. APPLICATIONS  AND  IMPLICATIONS
Yet these facts alone would probably not 
persuade medical researchers to give up their 
quest to improve levels of health. Instead, 
research on the stability and personality 
correlates of this construct would be incor -
porated into broad theories that explain the 
processes that underlie these stable individu -
al differences in physical health. This should 
also be true of research on SWB. Much of 
what we know about the construct comes 
from studies that investigate the personality 
predictors of the trait. This research can be 
used to develop broad theories that explain 
both stability and change in happiness over 
time.
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