Cognitive styles and well-being in adulthood and old age

Well-Being: Positive Development Across the Life Course

Volumn , Issue , 2003, Pages 449-476

  Isaacowitz, Derek M ^a   Seligman, Martin E P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

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EID: 1842709503     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9781410607171     Document Type: Chapter

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