Is the Emotion-Health Connection a "First-World Problem"?

Psychological Science

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 544-549

  Pressman, Sarah D ^a   Gallagher, Matthew W ^b   Lopez, Shane J ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Gallup Inc   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

basic needs; emotion; gross domestic product; happiness; health; world poll

Indexed keywords

EID: 84876166437     PISSN: 09567976     EISSN: 14679280     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0956797612457382     Document Type: Article

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