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Materialism and the Experience of Flow

Amy Isham Orcid Logo, Birgitta Gatersleben, Tim Jackson

Journal of Happiness Studies, Volume: 22, Issue: 4, Pages: 1745 - 1768

Swansea University Author: Amy Isham Orcid Logo

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DOI (Published version): 10.1007/s10902-020-00294-w

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The need to locate ways of living that can be both beneficial to personal well-being and ecologically sustainable is becoming increasingly important. Flow experiences show promise for the achievement of personal and ecological well-being. However, it is not yet understood how the materialistic value...

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ISSN: 1389-4978 1573-7780
Published: Springer Science and Business Media LLC 2021
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