Intergenerational links and positive self-cognitions: Parental correlates of optimism, learned resourcefulness, and self-evaluation

Cognitive Therapy and Research

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 247-263

  Brewin, Chris R ^a   Andrews, Bernice ^a   Furnham, Adrian ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Learned resourcefulness; Optimism; Parenting; Self esteem; Self evaluation

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000667269     PISSN: 01475916     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02229236     Document Type: Article

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