Optimism, pessimism, affectivity, and psychological adjustment in US and Korea: A test of a mediation model

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 34, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 1195-1208

  Chang, Edward C ^a   Sanna, Lawrence J ^b   Yang, Kye Min ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c Chung Ang University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Affectivity; Culture; Optimism; Pessimism; Psychological adjustment

Indexed keywords

EID: 0037402886     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0191-8869(02)00109-5     Document Type: Article

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