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Happiness comes from trying to make others feel good, rather than oneself

Liudmila Titovaa Department of Psychological Sciences, University of Missouri-Columbia, Columbia, Missouri, USA;b Department of Psychology, Elon University, Elon, North Carolina, USACorrespondence[email protected]
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Kennon M. Sheldona Department of Psychological Sciences, University of Missouri-Columbia, Columbia, Missouri, USA;c International Laboratory of Positive Psychology of Personality and Motivation, National Research University Higher School of Economics, Moscow, RussiaView further author information
Pages 341-355 | Received 02 Jun 2020, Accepted 24 Feb 2021, Published online: 08 Mar 2021

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