Gain face, but lose happiness? It depends on how much money you have

Asian Journal of Social Psychology

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 112-125

  Zhang, Xin an ^a   Tian, Peng ^a   Grigoriou, Nicholas ^b  

^a SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Face consciousness; Financial situation; Happiness; Subjective well being

Indexed keywords

EID: 79955783497     PISSN: 13672223     EISSN: 1467839X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-839X.2010.01336.x     Document Type: Article

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