Present and correct: We kid ourselves less when we live in the moment

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 691-702

  Boyd Wilson, Belinda M ^a,b   Walkey, Frank H ^a   McClure, John ^a  

^a VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

^b Open Polytechnic of New Zealand   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Flow; Happiness; Living in the present; Positive illusion; Self enhancement; Well being

Indexed keywords

EID: 0037026882     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0191-8869(01)00183-0     Document Type: Article

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