Optimism is associated with mood, coping, and immune change in response to stress

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

Volumn 74, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 1646-1655

  Segerstrom, Suzanne C ^a,b   Taylor, Shelley E ^a   Kemeny, Margaret E ^a   Fahey, John L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; AFFECT; ANTIBODY PRODUCTION; ARTICLE; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; TEMPERAMENT; UNITED STATES;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AFFECT; ANTIBODY FORMATION; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOS ANGELES; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TEMPERAMENT;

EID: 0032087071     PISSN: 00223514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0022-3514.74.6.1646     Document Type: Article

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