Is optimism healthy and pessimism unhealthy? about the unique predictive value of the Life Orientation Test towards stress-related complaints;Is optimisme gezond en pessimisme ongezond?: Over de uniek voorspellende waarde van de Levensoriëntatietest ten aanzien van stressgerelateerde klachten

Psychologie en Gezondheid

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 298-307

  Hanssen, Marjolein M ^a   Peters, Madelon L ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

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EID: 84879618796     PISSN: 18731791     EISSN: 18768741     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03080420     Document Type: Article

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