Of babies and bathwater: A reply to coyne and tennen's views on positive psychology and health

Annals of Behavioral Medicine

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 27-34

  Aspinwall, Lisa G ^a   Tedeschi, Richard G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHARLOTTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cancer care; Life threatening illnesses; Optimism; Positive thinking; Posttraumatic growth

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ATTITUDE; CRITICAL ILLNESS; HEALTH; HUMAN; NEOPLASM; NOTE; PROGNOSIS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; THINKING;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ATTITUDE; CRITICAL ILLNESS; HEALTH; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; PROGNOSIS; THINKING;

EID: 77957287574     PISSN: 08836612     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12160-010-9155-y     Document Type: Article

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