Dispositional optimism and health status, symptoms and behaviours: assessing idiothetic relationships using a prospective daily diary approach.

The present idiothetic study attempted to address a number of unresolved issues in the understanding of dispositional optimism in relation to physical health outcomes. The study examined the mediation model of optimism (Chang, Sanna, & Yang, 2003) in daily experiences of health status, symptoms and...

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Published in:Psychology & Health Vol. 22; no. 4; pp. 431 - 456
Main Author: Baker SR
Format: equations & formulas research tables/charts Journal Article
Published: Taylor & Francis Ltd May2007
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