What good are positive emotions?

Review of General Psychology

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 300-319

  Fredrickson, Barbara L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

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EID: 0002323142     PISSN: 10892680     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/1089-2680.2.3.300     Document Type: Article

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