Culture and Well-Being: Conceptual and Methodological Issues

International Differences in Well-Being

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages

  Oishi, Shigehiro ^a  

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Culture; Happiness; International; Measurement; National; Well being

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EID: 84921734495     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199732739.003.0003     Document Type: Chapter

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