Role stressors as predictors of changes in womens' optimistic expectations

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 471-484

  Atienza, Audie A ^a,d   Stephens, Mary Ann Parris ^b   Townsend, Aloen L ^c  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Caregiving; Optimism; Personality; Social roles; Stress; Women

Indexed keywords

EID: 3442892632     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2003.09.016     Document Type: Article

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