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Valuing Happiness is Not a Good Way of Pursuing Happiness, but Prioritizing Positivity is: A Replication Study Cover

Valuing Happiness is Not a Good Way of Pursuing Happiness, but Prioritizing Positivity is: A Replication Study

By: Michel Hansenne  
Open Access
|Nov 2021

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.5334/pb.1036 | Journal eISSN: 0033-2879
Language: English
Submitted on: Oct 14, 2020
Accepted on: Oct 21, 2021
Published on: Nov 10, 2021
Published by: Ubiquity Press
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