Objective A sense of optimism, which derives from the ways individuals explain causes of
daily events, has been shown to protect health, whereas pessimism has been linked to poor …

Optimism has a checkered reputation. Consider Voltaire's (1759) Dr. Pangloss, who
blathered that this is the best of all possible worlds, or Porter's (1913) Pollyanna, who …

In this last chapter of measures, we include a variety of assessment tools that address
various depression-related constructs. As noted earlier in Chapter 1, we limited this section …

Burnout has been highlighted as an important issue, not only in occupational settings but
also among athletes. Optimists appear to be more resistant to burnout, which might be partly …

Examines the psychology research on the association between optimism and health and
physical well-being. The authors first address definition, measurement, and research design …

The authors prospectively examined changes in health after a major life event (death or
onset of severe illness in family) among 5,007 employees (mean age= 44.8 years) whose …

This paper contains two studies which set out to examine to what extent attributional style
(internal, stable, global) and personality traits predicted happiness and psychiatric …

Participants in the Terman Life-Cycle Study completed open-ended questionnaires in 1936
and 1940, and these responses were blindly scored for explanatory style by content …

Background: this study sets out to examine to what extent attributional style (internal, stable,
global) and self-esteem predicted positive affect and self-reported happiness in a normal …

Although there is good evidence that emotions are associated with chronic airways
obstruction, evidence for the influence of psychological factors on the level and decline of …