Dispositional Optimism Fosters Opportunity-Congruent Coping With Occupational Uncertainty

Journal of Personality

Volumn 81, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 76-86

  Pavlova, Maria K ^a   Silbereisen, Rainer K ^a  

^a FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

Author keywords

Coping; Dispositional optimism; Job insecurity; Social change; Young and middle adulthood

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PERSONALITY; PERSONALITY TEST; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; UNCERTAINTY; UNEMPLOYMENT;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PERSONALITY; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; UNCERTAINTY; UNEMPLOYMENT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84872659970     PISSN: 00223506     EISSN: 14676494     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-6494.2012.00782.x     Document Type: Article

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