The cultivation of character strengths

Teaching for Wisdom: Cross-cultural Perspectives on Fostering Wisdom

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 59-77

  Park, Nansook ^a   Peterson, Christopher ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4020-6532-3_4     Document Type: Chapter

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