A dark side of happiness? how, when, and why happiness is not always good

Perspectives on Psychological Science

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 222-233

  Gruber, June ^a   Mauss, Iris B ^b   Tamir, Maya ^c,d  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DENVER   (United States)

^c HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^d BOSTON COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Emotion; Happiness; Mania; Well being

Indexed keywords

EID: 80051809647     PISSN: 17456916     EISSN: 17456924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1745691611406927     Document Type: Review

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