Secrets and subjective well-being: A clinical oxymoron

Emotion Regulation and Well-Being

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 307-323

  Wismeijer, Andreas ^a  

^a TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

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EID: 84891433146     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4419-6953-8_19     Document Type: Chapter

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