Wanting more than you have and it's Consequences for Well-being

Journal of Happiness Studies

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 877-885

  Norris, J Ian ^a   Larsen, Jeff T ^b  

^a MURRAY STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Desire fulfillment; Happiness, well being; Have want discrepancies; Materialism; Wanting more; Wanting what one has

Indexed keywords

EID: 80052797364     PISSN: 13894978     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10902-010-9232-8     Document Type: Article

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