The German version of the Life-Orientation-Test (LOT-R) for dispositional optimism and pessimism;Die deutsche Version des Life-Orientation-Tests (LOT-R) zum dispositionellen Optimismus und Pessimismus

Zeitschrift fur Gesundheitspsychologie

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 26-31

  Glaesmer, Heide ^a,b   Hoyer, Jürgen ^a   Klotsche, Jens ^a   Herzberg, Philipp Yorck ^b  

^a DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Life Orientation Test; LOT R; Norms; Optimism; Pessimism

Indexed keywords

EID: 66749182682     PISSN: 09438149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1026/0943-8149.16.1.26     Document Type: Article

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