Positive Psychology, Happiness, and Virtue: The Troublesome Conceptual Issues

Review of General Psychology

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 296-310

  Kristjánsson, Kristján ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

Author keywords

Eudaimonia; Happiness; Moral virtues; Positive emotion; Positive psychology

Indexed keywords

EID: 78650282764     PISSN: 10892680     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0020781     Document Type: Article

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