Instructional support decreases desirability and initiation of a gratitude intervention

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 64, Issue , 2014, Pages 89-93

  Kaczmarek, Lukasz D ^a   Goodman, Fallon R ^b   Drazkowski, Dariusz ^a   Kashdan, Todd B ^b   Połatyńska, Katarzyna ^a   Komorek, Justyna ^a  

^a ADAM MICKIEWICZ UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

^b GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Gratitude; Intervention; Support provision

Indexed keywords

EID: 84897814390     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2014.02.022     Document Type: Article

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