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This chapter presents a theory of happiness. Its basic premise is that the experienced value of any event depends upon comparisons with other events. Values are relative. This is a theory about what they are relative to.
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Parducci, A. (1984). Value Judgments: Toward a Relational Theory of Happiness. In: Eiser, J.R. (eds) Attitudinal Judgment. Springer Series in Social Psychology. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-8251-5_1
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