Dispositional Optimism and Thoughts of Well-Being Determine Sensitivity to an Experimental Pain Task

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• Publication year

  2008

• Venue

  Annals of Behavioral Medicine

• Publication date

  2008-12-09

• Fields of study

  Medicine, Psychology

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  DOI 10.1007/s12160-008-9073-4PMID 19067097
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