Parents' optimism is related to their ratings of their children's behaviour

European Journal of Personality

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 421-445

  Heinonen, Kati ^a   Räikkönen, Katri ^a   Scheier, Michael F ^b   Pesonen, Anu Katriina ^a   Keskivaara, Pertti ^a   Järvenpää, Anna Liisa ^c   Strandberg, Timo ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

Author keywords

Development of personality; Dyadic and group analysis; Preception; Self concept and self esteem; Social competence

Indexed keywords

EID: 33750554502     PISSN: 08902070     EISSN: 10990984     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/per.601     Document Type: Article

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