Dispositional optimism

Trends in Cognitive Sciences

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 293-299

  Carver, Charles S ^a   Scheier, Michael F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^b CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Coping; Expectancies; Health; Motivation; Optimism; Pessimism

Indexed keywords

MOTIVATION;

BIOLOGICAL BASIS; COPING; EXPECTANCIES; OPTIMISM; PESSIMISM; SCIENTIFIC STUDIES; SOCIAL CONNECTION; SOCIAL RELATIONS;

HEALTH;

HUMAN RELATION; MOTIVATION; OPTIMISM; PERSONALITY; REVIEW; SOCIAL INTERACTION; ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; AFFECT; HEALTH; HUMAN;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AFFECT; HEALTH; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; PERSONALITY;

EID: 84901422619     PISSN: 13646613     EISSN: 1879307X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tics.2014.02.003     Document Type: Review

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