Positive affect and psychosocial processes related to health.
Positive affect is associated with longevity and favourable physiological function. We tested the hypothesis that positive affect is related to health-protective psychosocial characteristics independently of negative affect and socio-economic status. Both positive and negative affect were measured b...
| Published in: | British Journal of Psychology Vol. 99; no. 2; pp. 211 - 228 |
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Wiley-Blackwell
May 2008
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