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Research Articles

Cultural Commonality and Specificity in Japanese and Euro-Canadian Undergraduate Students' Leisure Experiences: An Exploratory Study on Control and Positive Affect

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Pages 249-267 | Received 03 Jul 2014, Accepted 07 Sep 2015, Published online: 29 Feb 2016

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