Differential associations of dispositional optimism and pessimism with coping, goal attainment, and emotional adjustment during sport competition

International Journal of Stress Management

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 245-269

  Gaudreau, Patrick ^a,b   Blondin, Jean Pierre ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Coping; Emotional adjustment; Goal attainment

Indexed keywords

EID: 4243147189     PISSN: 10725245     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/1072-5245.11.3.245     Document Type: Article

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