When Goals Conflict But People Prosper: The Case of Dispositional Optimism.

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• Publication year

  2006

• Venue

  Journal of Research in Personality

• Publication date

  2006-10-01

• Fields of study

  Medicine, Psychology

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  DOI 10.1016/J.JRP.2005.08.001PMID 17016545PMCID PMC1578496
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