Is optimism always best?: Future outlooks and preparedness

Current Directions in Psychological Science

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 302-306

  Sweeny, Kate ^a,c   Carroll, Patrick J ^b   Shepperd, James A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c University of Florida ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Expectations; Optimism; Pessimism; Preparedness

Indexed keywords

EID: 33845600013     PISSN: 09637214     EISSN: 14678721     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8721.2006.00457.x     Document Type: Review

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