Hope, but not optimism, predicts academic performance of law students beyond previous academic achievement

Journal of Research in Personality

Volumn 45, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 683-686

  Rand, Kevin L ^a   Martin, Allison D ^a   Shea, Am anda M ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Academic performance; Hope; Law students; Life satisfaction; Optimism

Indexed keywords

EID: 81455131615     PISSN: 00926566     EISSN: 10957251     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jrp.2011.08.004     Document Type: Article

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