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En-claves del Pensamiento,
ISSN (Versión impresa): 1870-879X
dora.garcia@itesm.mx
en-claves.ccm@servicios.itesm.mx
Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de
Monterrey Campus Ciudad de México
México
PSICOLOGÍA POSITIVA, BIENESTAR Y CALIDAD DE VIDA
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Fecha de recepción: 04/09/2012
Fecha de aceptación: 19/10/2012
EN-CLAVES DEL PENSAMIENTO, año VIII, núm. 16, julio-diciembre 2014, pp. 13-29.