Self-Interest Without Selfishness: The Hedonic Benefit of Imposed Self-Interest

Psychological Science

Volumn 23, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 1193-1199

  Berman, Jonathan Z ^a   Small, Deborah A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

decision making; happiness; self interest; selfishness

Indexed keywords

EID: 84867661071     PISSN: 09567976     EISSN: 14679280     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0956797612441222     Document Type: Article

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