Second Wave Positive Psychology: Exploring the Positive–Negative Dialectics of Wellbeing

Journal of Happiness Studies

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 1753-1768

  Lomas, Tim ^a   Ivtzan, Itai ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dialectics; Flourishing; Negative; Positive; Second wave positive psychology

Indexed keywords

EID: 84939233479     PISSN: 13894978     EISSN: 15737780     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10902-015-9668-y     Document Type: Review

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