Relationship between resilience, optimism and psychological well-being in students of medicine

Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences

Volumn 30, Issue , 2011, Pages 1541-1544

  Souri, Hosein ^a   Hasanirad, Turaj ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

^b Payamr Noor University   (Iran)

Author keywords

Optimism; Psychological well being; Resilience

Indexed keywords

EID: 84855703020     PISSN: 18770428     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sbspro.2011.10.299     Document Type: Conference Paper

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