Identity Crises in Love and at Work: Dispositional Optimism as a Durable Personal Resource

Social Psychology Quarterly

Volumn 75, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 290-309

  Andersson, Matthew A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

dispositional optimism; health; identity control theory; self esteem; stress process

Indexed keywords

EID: 84871310657     PISSN: 01902725     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0190272512451753     Document Type: Article

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