The impacts of dispositional optimism and psychological resilience on the subjective well-being of burn patients: A structural equation modelling analysis

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 12, 2013, Pages

  He, Fei ^a   Cao, Rong ^a   Feng, Ziqi ^b   Guan, Hao ^c   Peng, Jiaxi ^d  

^a NORTHWEST UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c FOURTH MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d FOURTH MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BURN; CHINA; CONNOR DAVIDSON RESILIENCE SCALE; COPING BEHAVIOR; DISPOSITIONAL OPTIMISM; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIFE ORIENTATION TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPTIMISM; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL BEING; STRUCTURAL EQUATION MODELING; SUBJECTIVE WELL BEING SCALE; YOUNG ADULT;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BURNS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PERSONALITY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESILIENCE, PSYCHOLOGICAL; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84892910753     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0082939     Document Type: Article

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