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- 6
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- 25-41
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Christopher Peterson,
Nansook Park,
Martin E. P. Seligman
(2005).
Orientations to happiness and life satisfaction: the full life versus the empty life.
Journal of Happiness Studies
, 6
(1)
, 25-41.
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10902-004-1278-z
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- 10.1007/s10902-004-1278-z