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Lottery winners and accident victims: Is happiness relative?

19781,471 citationsJournal Article

Authors

Philip Brickman

Ronnie Janoff‐Bulman

Topics & Keywords

Leadership, Courage, and Heroism Studies Gambling Behavior and Treatments Personality Traits and Psychology

Publication Details

Published in: Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

Volume 36, Issue 8, pp. 917-927

DOI: 10.1037/0022-3514.36.8.917

Field-Weighted Citation Impact: 4.56

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