Rethinking stress: The role of mindsets in determining the stress response

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

Volumn 104, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 716-733

  Crum, Alia J ^a   Salovey, Peter ^a   Achor, Shawn ^b  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Good Think   (United States)

Author keywords

Coping; Mindset; Resilience; Stress; Stress related growth

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDER; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; CHARACTER; COPING BEHAVIOR; DECISION MAKING; DEFENSE MECHANISM; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; JOB SATISFACTION; LEARNING; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONALITY TEST; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; PSYCHOMETRY; QUALITY OF LIFE; REPRODUCIBILITY; STATISTICS; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDERS; AROUSAL; CHARACTER; COMMUNICATION; DEFENSE MECHANISMS; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMANS; JOB SATISFACTION; JUDGMENT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY OF LIFE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RESILIENCE, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SET (PSYCHOLOGY); STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 84880972984     PISSN: 00223514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0031201     Document Type: Article

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