Toward a dual-systems model of what makes life worth living

The Human Quest for Meaning: Theories, Research, and Applications

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 3-22

  Wong, Paul T P ^a  

^a TRENT UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

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DOI: 10.4324/9780203146286     Document Type: Chapter

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