Are happy people healthier? The specific role of positive affect in predicting self-reported health symptoms

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  2001

• Venue

  Journal of Research in Personality

• Publication date

  2001-12-01

• Fields of study

  Psychology

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  DOI 10.1006/JRPE.2001.2327
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