It Is Easier to Accentuate the Positive in the Absence of Physical Disease

Psychological Inquiry

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 29-33

  Contrada, Richard J ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0032389721     PISSN: 1047840X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/s15327965pli0901_2     Document Type: Article

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