Does Looking at the Positive Mean Feeling Good? Age and Individual Differences Matter
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عنوان ژورنال: Social and Personality Psychology Compass
سال: 2011
ISSN: 1751-9004
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-9004.2011.00374.x