Resilience and positive emotions: Examining the role of emotional memories

Journal of Personality

Volumn 77, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 139-176

  Philippe, Frederick L ^a   Lecours, Serge ^b   Beaulieu Pelletier, Geneviève ^b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CONTROL; COPING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HAPPINESS; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MALE; MEMORY; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL STRESS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SATISFACTION;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; ANXIETY; FEMALE; HAPPINESS; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; MALE; MEMORY; MENTAL HEALTH; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESILIENCE, PSYCHOLOGICAL; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 58149141907     PISSN: 00223506     EISSN: 14676494     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-6494.2008.00541.x     Document Type: Article

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