Additional validation of a scale to assess positive states of mind

Psychosomatic Medicine

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 26-32

  Adler, Nancy E ^a   Horowitz, Mardi ^a   Garcia, Anne ^a   Moyer, Anne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Health; Positive states; PSOM; Validation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMNIOCENTESIS; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; COLLEGE STUDENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOCHONDRIASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRODUCTIVITY; RATING SCALE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL DESIRABILITY; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; THINKING;

EID: 0031939976     PISSN: 00333174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006842-199801000-00006     Document Type: Article

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