Relationships Among Trait, Situational, and Comparative Optimism: Clarifying Concepts for a Theoretically Consistent and Evidence-Based Intervention to Maximize Resilience

Archives of Psychiatric Nursing

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 144-150

  Tusaie, Kathleen R ^a,b   Patterson, Kathleen ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AKRON   (United States)

^b CARLOW UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; DEFENSE MECHANISM; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; LIFE EVENT; LIFESTYLE; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PERSONALITY; PROBABILITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RURAL POPULATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; STUDENT; UNITED STATES;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT PSYCHOLOGY; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; LIFE STYLE; MALE; NEGATIVISM; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PENNSYLVANIA; PERSONALITY; PROBABILITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RURAL POPULATION; SEX FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; STUDENTS;

EID: 33646548243     PISSN: 08839417     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apnu.2005.10.004     Document Type: Article

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