Looking forward to tomorrow: The buffering effect of a daily optimism intervention

Journal of Positive Psychology

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 122-136

  Littman Ovadia, Hadassah ^a   Nir, Dina ^b  

^a ARIEL UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b ONO ACADEMIC COLLEGE   (Israel)

Author keywords

emotional exhaustion; life satisfaction; optimism intervention; optimism pessimism; positive negative affect

Indexed keywords

EID: 84893816979     PISSN: 17439760     EISSN: 17439779     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17439760.2013.853202     Document Type: Article

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