Optimism and the Big Five factors of personality: Beyond Neuroticism and Extraversion

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 51, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 946-951

  Sharpe, J Patrick ^a   Martin, Nicholas R ^a   Roth, Kelly A ^a  

^a United States Office of Personnel Management   (United States)

Author keywords

Big Five; Five Factor Model; Optimism; Personality; Pessimism; Positive psychology

Indexed keywords

EID: 80053261218     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2011.07.033     Document Type: Article

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