Daily events and physical symptoms: Effects of event type, optimism, pessimism, and health behaviors

Current Research in Social Psychology

Volumn 3, Issue 8, 1998, Pages

  Lyons, Antonia C ^a   Chamberlain, Kerry ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

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