Optimism, coping, and health: assessment and implications of generalized outcome expectancies.

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• Publication year

  2009

• Venue

  Health Psychology

• Publication date

  2009-10-20

• Fields of study

  Medicine, Psychology

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  DOI 10.1037/0278-6133.4.3.219PMID 4029106
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