Optimism and social support: The providers' perspective

Journal of Positive Psychology

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 205-215

  Vollmann, Manja ^a   Renner, Britta ^b   Weber, Hannelore ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GREIFSWALD   (Germany)

^b JACOBS UNIVERSITY BREMEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Optimism; Pessimism; Realism; Social attraction; Social support; Support provider

Indexed keywords

EID: 34447257723     PISSN: 17439760     EISSN: 17439779     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17439760701409660     Document Type: Article

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