On the cognitive basis of subjective well-being analysis: What do individuals have to say about it?

Canadian Journal of Behavioural Science

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 1-13

  Dubé, Lise ^a   Jodoin, Mathieu ^b   Kairouz, Sylvia ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b NONE

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EID: 0032399702     PISSN: 0008400X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/h0087053     Document Type: Article

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