Is the glass really half-full? The reverse-buffering effect of optimism on undermining behavior

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 52, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 712-717

  Britton, Ashlie R ^a   Sliter, Michael T ^a   Jex, Steve M ^a  

^a BOWLING GREEN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biased perspective; Optimism; Reverse buffer; Undermining; Unrealistic expectations

Indexed keywords

EID: 84856947726     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2011.12.038     Document Type: Article

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