Optimism's explicative role for chronic diseases

Frontiers in Psychology

Volumn 7, Issue MAR, 2016, Pages

  Avvenuti, Giulia ^a   Baiardini, Ilaria ^b   Giardini, Anna ^a  

^a IRCCS   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Chronic diseases; Health status; Optimism; Protective behaviors; Self management

Indexed keywords

EID: 84962030000     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16641078     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2016.00295     Document Type: Short Survey

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