Wisdom and good lives: A process perspective

New Ideas in Psychology

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 194-201

  Yang, Shih Ying ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHI NAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Biographical study; Good lives; Happiness; Mother teresa; Old age; Wisdom

Indexed keywords

EID: 84876498908     PISSN: 0732118X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.newideapsych.2013.03.001     Document Type: Article

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