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Reply to: Strength of evidence for five happiness strategies

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The Original Article was published on 12 August 2024

replying to Puterman et al. Nature Human Behaviour https://doi.org/10.1038/s41562-024-01954-0 (2024)

In their commentary, Puterman and colleagues critique five aspects of our review, and we briefly respond to each of these critiques below.

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    Dunigan Folk & Elizabeth Dunn

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Folk, D., Dunn, E. Reply to: Strength of evidence for five happiness strategies. Nat Hum Behav 8, 1658–1659 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41562-024-01955-z

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