Optimism, self-efficacy and information processing of threat- and well-being-related stimuli

Stress and Health

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 285-294

  Karademas, Evangelos C ^a   Kafetsios, Konstantinos ^a   Sideridis, Georgios D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Information processing; Optimism; Self efficacy; Threat; Well being

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISTRESS SYNDROME; EXPECTATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPOTHESIS; MALE; MOOD; NORMAL HUMAN; OPTIMISM; SELF CONCEPT; STUDENT; THREAT; WELLBEING;

EID: 37849021891     PISSN: 15323005     EISSN: 15322998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/smi.1147     Document Type: Article

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