Does attractiveness buy happiness? "it depends on where you're from"

Personal Relationships

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 619-630

  Plaut, Victoria C ^a   Adams, Glenn ^b   Anderson, Stephanie L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

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EID: 71949104325     PISSN: 13504126     EISSN: 14756811     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-6811.2009.01242.x     Document Type: Article

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