Counting One’s Blessings Can Reduce the Impact of Daily Stress

Journal of Happiness Studies

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 25-39

  Krejtz, Izabela ^a   Nezlek, John B ^a,b   Michnicka, Anna ^a   Holas, Paweł ^c   Rusanowska, Marzena ^d  

^a SWPS UNIVERSITY OF SOCIAL SCIENCES AND HUMANITIES   (Poland)

^b Dept of Economics and Thomas Jefferson Program in Public Policy at the College of William and Mary   (United States)

^c MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW   (Poland)

^d JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Diary study; Gratitude; Multilevel modeling; Well being

Indexed keywords

EID: 84957427209     PISSN: 13894978     EISSN: 15737780     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10902-014-9578-4     Document Type: Article

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