The shifting meaning of happiness

Social Psychological and Personality Science

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 395-402

  Mogilner, Cassie ^a   Kamvar, Sepandar D ^b   Aaker, Jennifer ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Age; Emotion; Happiness; Hedonics; Time

Indexed keywords

EID: 80051775568     PISSN: 19485506     EISSN: 19485514     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1948550610393987     Document Type: Article

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