Socioeconomic status in childhood and adulthood: Associations with dispositional optimism and pessimism over a 21-year follow-up

Journal of Personality

Volumn 74, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 1111-1126

  Heinonen, Kati ^a   Räikkönen, Katri ^a   Matthews, Karen A ^b,e   Scheier, Michael F ^c   Raitakari, Olli T ^d   Pulkki, Laura ^a   Keltikangas Järvinen, Liisa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^c CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFFECT; AGE; ARTICLE; CHILD; EGO DEVELOPMENT; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADULT; AFFECT; AGE FACTORS; CHILD; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; PERSONALITY DEVELOPMENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 33745326727     PISSN: 00223506     EISSN: 14676494     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-6494.2006.00404.x     Document Type: Article

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