Quality of Life, Disability, and Hedonic Psychology

Journal for the Theory of Social Behaviour

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 374-392

  Amundson, Ron ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII AT HILO   (United States)

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EID: 78649441987     PISSN: 00218308     EISSN: 14685914     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-5914.2010.00437.x     Document Type: Article

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