Goal beliefs, life events, and the malleability of people's judgments of their happiness

Journal of Social Behavior and Personality

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 567-575

  McIntosh, William D ^a   Martin, Leonard L ^b   Jones III, Jennings B ^a  

^a GEORGIA SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b University of Georgia ^*  (United States)

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