The effects of optimism, pessimism, social support, and mood on the lagged relationship between daily stress and symptoms

Current Research in Social Psychology

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2001, Pages

  Treharne, Gareth J ^a   Lyons, Antonia C ^a   Tupling, Rachel E ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

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