Psychological correlates of optimism in college students

Psychological Reports

Volumn 92, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 545-547

  Montgomery, Robert L ^a   Haemmerlie, F M ^a   Ray, D M ^a  

^a MISSOURI UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AFFECT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; HUMAN; LONELINESS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF CONCEPT; STUDENT; UNIVERSITY;

AFFECT; ATTITUDE; HUMANS; LONELINESS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF CONCEPT; STUDENTS; UNIVERSITIES;

EID: 0037831146     PISSN: 00332941     EISSN: 1558691X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/pr0.2003.92.2.545     Document Type: Article

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