Not always the best medicine: Why frequent smiling can reduce wellbeing

Journal of Experimental Social Psychology

Volumn 53, Issue , 2014, Pages 156-162

  Labroo, Aparna A ^a   Mukhopadhyay, Anirban ^b   Dong, Ping ^c  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Embodiment; Happiness; Lay theories; Social cognition; Wellbeing

Indexed keywords

EID: 84898657220     PISSN: 00221031     EISSN: 10960465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jesp.2014.03.001     Document Type: Article

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