Consuming happiness

The Good Life in a Technological Age

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 147-156

  Patterson, Lindsey ^a   Biswas Diener, Robert ^b  

^a Department of Psychology Portland State University ^*

^b PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84889651071     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203124581     Document Type: Chapter

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