Are optimists oriented uniquely toward the future? Investigating dispositional optimism from a temporally-expanded perspective

Journal of Research in Personality

Volumn 47, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 533-538

  Busseri, Michael A ^a   Malinowski, Annette ^b   Choma, Becky L ^c  

^a BROCK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84878803347     PISSN: 00926566     EISSN: 10957251     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jrp.2013.04.015     Document Type: Article

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