What people really want in life and why it matters: Contributions from research on folk theories of the good life

Positive Psychology as Social Change

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 1-14

  Scollon, Christie Napa ^b   King, Laura A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^b SINGAPORE MANAGEMENT UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

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EID: 84892218707     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-90-481-9938-9_1     Document Type: Chapter

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