A balanced psychology and a full life

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 359, Issue 1449, 2004, Pages 1379-1381

  Seligman, Martin E P ^a   Parks, Acacia C ^a   Steen, Tracy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Depression; Happiness; Interventions; Meaning; Optimism; Positive psychology

Indexed keywords

CONFERENCE PROCEEDING; PSYCHOLOGY;

EID: 4644279102     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2004.1513     Document Type: Conference Paper

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