Bringing Subjectivity into Focus: Optimal Experiences, Life Themes, and Person-Centered Rehabilitation

Positive Psychology in Practice

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 581-597

  Fave, Antonella Delle ^a   Massimini, Fausto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Disablement; Life themes; Optimal experiences; Person centered rehabilitation; Psychological selection

Indexed keywords

EID: 84954232845     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470939338.ch35     Document Type: Chapter

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