Happy but unhealthy: The relationship between social ties and health in an emerging network

European Journal of Social Psychology

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 612-621

  Howell, Jennifer L ^a   Koudenburg, Namkje ^b   Loschelder, David D ^c   Weston, Dale ^d   Fransen, Katrien ^e   De Dominicis, Stefano ^f   Gallagher, S ^g   Haslam, S Alexander ^h  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^c SAARLAND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^f SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^g UNIVERSITY OF LIMERICK   (Ireland)

^h UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

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EID: 84908235668     PISSN: 00462772     EISSN: 10990992     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ejsp.2030     Document Type: Article

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