Positive orientation across three cultures

Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 77-83

  Caprara, Gian Vittorio ^a   Alessandri, Guido ^a   Trommsdorff, Gisela ^b   Heikamp, Tobias ^b   Yamaguchi, Susumu ^c   Suzuki, Fumiko ^c  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

life satisfaction; optimal functioning; optimism; positive orientation; self esteem

Indexed keywords

EID: 83655172552     PISSN: 00220221     EISSN: 15525422     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0022022111422257     Document Type: Article

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