Optimism and pessimism in Kuwaiti and Omani undergraduates

Social Behavior and Personality

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 503-518

  Alansari, Bader M ^a   Kazem, Ali M ^b  

^a KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

^b SULTAN QABOOS UNIVERSITY   (Oman)

Author keywords

Cross cultural study; Kuwaiti students; Omani students; Optimism; Pessimism

Indexed keywords

EID: 50049092417     PISSN: 03012212     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2224/sbp.2008.36.4.503     Document Type: Article

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