Hope I Die before I Get Old: Mispredicting Happiness Across the Adult Lifespan
Journal of Happiness StudiesPublished 1 June 2006
Heather P. Lacey, Dylan Smith, Peter A. Ubel
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aging, well-being, affective forecasting,
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