The grateful disposition: A conceptual and empirical topography.

2002/01/01 by Michael E. McCullough, Robert A. Emmons, Jo-Ann Tsang +1 · 2,858 citations
Psychology · #Disposition #Psychological Well-being and Life Satisfaction #Psychology #Social psychology

paper · doi:10.1037/0022-3514.82.1.112

published in Journal of Personality and Social Psychology 82(1), 112-127 (American Psychological Association)

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