A new measure for dispositional optimism and pessimism in young children

European Journal of Personality

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 71-84

  Lemola, Sakari ^a,b   Räikkönen, Katri ^a   Matthews, Karen A ^c   Scheier, Michael F ^d   Heinonen, Kati ^a   Pesonen, Anu Katriina ^a   Komsi, Niina ^a   Lahti, Jari ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Child; Dispositional optimism; Parent; Psychometric; Teacher; Test

Indexed keywords

EID: 75649151525     PISSN: 08902070     EISSN: 10990984     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/per.742     Document Type: Article

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