After Adversity Strikes: Predictions, Recollections and Reality Among People Experiencing the Onset of Adverse Circumstances

Journal of Happiness Studies

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 589-600

  Peeters, Yvette ^a   Smith, Dylan M ^b   Loewenstein, George ^c   Ubel, Peter A ^d,e  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Affective forecasting; Amputation; Colostomy; Optimism; Overestimation; Quality of life; Scale recalibration

Indexed keywords

EID: 84864614855     PISSN: 13894978     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10902-011-9281-7     Document Type: Article

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