Hope and optimism as related to life satisfaction

Journal of Positive Psychology

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 168-175

  Bailey, Thomas C ^a   Eng, Winnie ^b   Frisch, Michael B ^c   Snyder, C R ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^c BAYLOR UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Hope; Optimism; Positive psychology; Quality of life; Satisfaction with life; Subjective well being

Indexed keywords

EID: 34447275515     PISSN: 17439760     EISSN: 17439779     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17439760701409546     Document Type: Article

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