The contextual and systematic nature of life satisfaction judgments

Journal of Experimental Social Psychology

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 232-247

  Oishi, Shigehiro ^a   Schimmack, Ulrich ^b   Colcombe, Stanley J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

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EID: 0037601744     PISSN: 00221031     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-1031(03)00016-7     Document Type: Review

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