Zeroing in on the Dark Side of the American Dream: A Closer Look at the Negative Consequences of the Goal for Financial Success

Psychological Science

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 531-536

  Nickerson, Carol ^a   Schwarz, Norbert ^b   Diener, Ed ^a,c   Kahneman, Daniel ^d  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c Gallup Inc   (United States)

^d PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; FAMILY; HUMAN; MOTIVATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SATISFACTION; SOCIAL CLASS; UNITED STATES;

ASPIRATIONS (PSYCHOLOGY); CULTURE; FAMILY; HUMANS; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIAL CLASS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0346991579     PISSN: 09567976     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.0956-7976.2003.psci_1461.x     Document Type: Article

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