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Do people make environments or do environments make people?

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences - 1 May 2001

Rowe D C

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This article discusses the influence of people's genetic make-up on their mental states of happiness and depression. Contrary to the conventional wisdom, great fortune does not guarantee happiness; neither does great misfortune assure depression. Emotional states are surprisingly immune to "objective" social circumstances. A biological basis for this relative immunity is that people possess biological set points...

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PMID: 11411176
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.2001.tb03471.x

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