Beyond the moment, beyond the self: Shared ground between selective investment theory and the broaden-and-build theory of positive emotions

Psychological Inquiry

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 39-44

  Cohn, Michael A ^a   Fredrickson, Barbara L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

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