Can high optimism and high pessimism co-exist? Findings from arthritis patients coping with pain

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1463-1473

  Benyamini, Yael ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Coping with pain; Negative affectivity; Optimism; Pessimism

Indexed keywords

EID: 14044269425     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2004.09.020     Document Type: Article

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