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Editorial
. 2023 Sep 21:14:1280613.
doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1280613. eCollection 2023.

Editorial: A new science of suffering, the wisdom of the soul, and the new behavioral economics of happiness: towards a general theory of well-being

Paul T P Wong  1 , Lok Sang Ho  2 , Claude-Hélène Mayer  3 , Fan Yang  4 , Richard G Cowden  5
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Editorial: A new science of suffering, the wisdom of the soul, and the new behavioral economics of happiness: towards a general theory of well-being

Paul T P Wong et al. Front Psychol. .
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Keywords: existential positive psychology; flourishing; happiness; life intelligence; suffering; well-being.

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