The mental health continuum: from languishing to flourishing in life.

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• Publication year

  2002

• Venue

  Journal of Health and Social Behavior

• Publication date

  2002-06-01

• Fields of study

  Medicine, Psychology

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  DOI 10.2307/3090197PMID 12096700
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