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"We argue that the field has drifted into a 'science of averages' that can overlook, and at times harm, the very people it hopes to help."

— Llewellyn Ellardus van Zyl Beyond Universal Prescriptions: Toward A Person-Centered, Bottom-Up Science of Wellbeing (2025)

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