Benefits of accounts of well-being - For societies and for psychological science

Applied Psychology

Volumn 57, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2008, Pages 37-53

  Diener, Ed ^a   Kesebir, Pelin ^a   Lucas, Richard ^b  

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

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 45349093057     PISSN: 0269994X     EISSN: 14640597     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1464-0597.2008.00353.x     Document Type: Review

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