Give It Up: A Strategy for Combating Hedonic Adaptation

Social Psychological and Personality Science

Volumn 4, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 563-568

  Quoidbach, Jordi ^a,b   Dunn, Elizabeth W ^c  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

happiness; hedonic adaptation; positive emotion regulation; savoring

Indexed keywords

EID: 84881232878     PISSN: 19485506     EISSN: 19485514     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1948550612473489     Document Type: Article

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