Positive Psychology as the Evenhanded Positive Psychologist Views It

Psychological Inquiry

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 143-147

  Peterson, Christopher ^a   Park, Nansook ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

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