Optimism-Pessimism assessed in the 1960s and self-reported health status 30 years later

Mayo Clinic Proceedings

Volumn 77, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 748-753

  Maruta, Toshihiko ^a   Colligan, Robert C ^a   Malinchoc, Michael ^a   Offord, Kenneth P ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CLASSIFICATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HAPPINESS; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; HUMAN; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; LONELINESS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL FUNCTION; MINNESOTA MULTIPHASIC PERSONALITY INVENTORY; OUTPATIENT; PERSONALITY; PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF REPORT;

EID: 0036322389     PISSN: 00256196     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4065/77.8.748     Document Type: Article

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