Abstract
ABSTRACT Explanatory style and dispositional optimism have been linked to physical health In this issue, Peterson and Seligman and Carver and Scheier review an impressive series of studies which together suggest that there may be health risks associated with attributing bad outcomes to internal, stable, and global causes and with failing to maintain a generalized expectancy for good outcomes We attempt to broaden the scope of these studies by describing the situational constraints on the observed relations and by presenting evidence that there may be health risks, as well as benefits, associated with dispositional optimism and an optimistic explanatory style
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OptimismPsychologySituational ethicsExpectancy theoryScope (computer science)Social psychologyPersonality
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- 1987
- Type
- article
- Volume
- 55
- Issue
- 2
- Pages
- 377-392
- Citations
- 144
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Howard Tennen,
Glenn Affleck
(1987).
The Costs and Benefits of Optimistic Explanations and Dispositional Optimism.
Journal of Personality
, 55
(2)
, 377-392.
https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-6494.1987.tb00443.x
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- DOI
- 10.1111/j.1467-6494.1987.tb00443.x