Find, Remind, and Bind: The Functions of Gratitude in Everyday Relationships

Social and Personality Psychology Compass

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 455-469

  Algoe, Sara B ^a  

^a University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

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EID: 84861788534     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17519004     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-9004.2012.00439.x     Document Type: Review

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