The relationships between daily optimism, daily pessimism, and affect differ in young and old age

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 50, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1294-1299

  Palgi, Yuval ^a   Shrira, Amit ^b   Ben Ezra, Menachem ^c   Cohen Fridel, Sara ^d   Bodner, Ehud ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^c ARIEL UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^d BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Negative affect; Old age; Optimism; Pessimism; Positive affect; Young adults

Indexed keywords

EID: 79953161488     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2011.02.030     Document Type: Article

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