Predicting happiness: How normative feeling rules influence (and even reverse) durability bias

Journal of Consumer Psychology

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 188-201

  Wood, Stacy L ^a,c   Bettman, James R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

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EID: 34548526277     PISSN: 10577408     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1057-7408(07)70028-1     Document Type: Article

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