The will and the ways: development and validation of an individual-differences measure of hope.

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• Publication year

  1991

• Venue

  Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

• Publication date

  1991-04-01

• Fields of study

  Medicine, Psychology

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  DOI 10.1037/0022-3514.60.4.570PMID 2037968
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