Positive Psychology's Legs

Psychological Inquiry

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 132-136

  Lyubomirsky, Sonja ^a   Abbe, Allison ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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