The positivity ratio and functioning under stress

Stress and Health

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 265-271

  Shrira, Amit ^a   Palgi, Yuval ^a   Wolf, Jonathan Jacob ^b   Haber, Yeela ^c   Goldray, Orit ^a   Shacham Shmueli, Einat ^a   Ben Ezra, Menachem ^d  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^c ACADEMIC COLLEGE OF TEL AVIV YAFFO   (Israel)

^d ARIEL UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

cancer; negative affect; positive affect; positivity ratio; war

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFFECT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONING; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALADJUSTMENT; MALE; MISSILE WOUND; POSITIVITY RATIO; STOMACH CANCER; STRESS; WAR;

EID: 80053537705     PISSN: 15323005     EISSN: 15322998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/smi.1349     Document Type: Article

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