Culture Matters When Designing a Successful Happiness-Increasing Activity: A Comparison of the United States and South Korea

Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology

Volumn 44, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 1294-1303

  Layous, Kristin ^a   Lee, Hyunjung ^b   Choi, Incheol ^c   Lyubomirsky, Sonja ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^c Seoul National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

gratitude; happiness; kindness; positive activities; positive interventions; subjective well being

Indexed keywords

EID: 84884578425     PISSN: 00220221     EISSN: 15525422     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0022022113487591     Document Type: Article

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