Hope versus optimism in Singaporean adolescents: Contributions to depression and life satisfaction

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 46, Issue 5-6, 2009, Pages 648-652

  Wong, Shyh Shin ^a   Lim, Timothy ^a  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Depression; Hope; Life satisfaction; Optimism

Indexed keywords

EID: 59749099027     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2009.01.009     Document Type: Article

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