Optimism

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Ahrens, 1993, The specificity of attributional style and expectations to positive and negative affectivity, depression, and anxiety, Cognitive Therapy and Research, 17, 83, 10.1007/BF01172742

Allison, 2000, A prospective investigation of dispositional optimism as a predictor of health-related quality of life in head and neck cancer patients, Quality of Life Research, 9, 951, 10.1023/A:1008931906253

Alloy, 2006, Prospective incidence of first onsets and recurrences of depression in individuals at high and low cognitive risk for depression, Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 115, 145, 10.1037/0021-843X.115.1.145

Antoni, 2001, Cognitive–behavioral stress management intervention decreases the prevalence of depression and enhances benefit finding among women under treatment for early-stage breast cancer, Health Psychology, 20, 20, 10.1037/0278-6133.20.1.20

Aspinwall, 1996, Distinguishing optimism from denial: Optimistic beliefs predict attention to health threats, Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 22, 993, 10.1177/01461672962210002

Aspinwall, 1997, A stitch in time: Self-regulation and proactive coping, Psychological Bulletin, 121, 417, 10.1037/0033-2909.121.3.417

Aspinwall, 1999, Optimism and self-mastery predict more rapid disengagement from unsolvable tasks in the presence of alternatives, Motivation and Emotion, 23, 221, 10.1023/A:1021367331817

Aspinwall, 1992, Modeling cognitive adaptation: A longitudinal investigation of the impact of individual differences and coping on college adjustment and performance, Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 61, 755

Assad, 2007, Optimism: An enduring resource for romantic relationships, Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 93, 285, 10.1037/0022-3514.93.2.285

Atienza, 2004, Role stressors as predictors of changes in women's optimistic expectations, Personality and Individual Differences, 37, 471, 10.1016/j.paid.2003.09.016

Austin, 1996, Goal constructs in psychology: Structure, process, and content, Psychological Bulletin, 120, 338, 10.1037/0033-2909.120.3.338

Beck, 1985, Hopelessness and eventual suicide: A 10-year prospective study of patients hospitalized with suicidal ideation, American Journal of Psychiatry, 142, 559, 10.1176/ajp.142.5.559

Brissette, 2002, The role of optimism in social network development, coping, and psychological adjustment during a life transition, Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 82, 102, 10.1037/0022-3514.82.1.102

Brunello, 2003, Noradrenaline in mood and anxiety disorders: Basic and clinical studies, International Clinical Psychopharmacology, 18, 191, 10.1097/00004850-200307000-00001

Carver, 2010, Personality and coping, Annual Review of Psychology, 61, 679, 10.1146/annurev.psych.093008.100352

Carver, 1987, Optimism, pessimism, and postpartum depression, Cognitive Therapy and Research, 11, 449, 10.1007/BF01175355

Carver, 1994, Effects of good versus bad mood and optimistic versus pessimistic outlook on social acceptance versus rejection, Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology, 13, 138, 10.1521/jscp.1994.13.2.138

Carver, 2003, Dispositional pessimism predicts illness-related disruption of social and recreational activities among breast cancer patients, Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 84, 813, 10.1037/0022-3514.84.4.813

Carver, 1993, How coping mediates the effect of optimism on distress: A study of women with early stage breast cancer, Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 65, 375, 10.1037/0022-3514.65.2.375

Carver, 1998

Carver, 2003, Three human strengths, 87

Chang, 2002, Cultural influences on optimism and pessimism: Differences in Western and Eastern construals of the self, 257

Chang, 2009, Optimism, pessimism, and motivation: Relations to adjustment, Social and Personality Compass, 3, 494, 10.1111/j.1751-9004.2009.00190.x

Chang, 2003, Optimism, pessimism, affectivity, and psychological adjustment in US and Korea: A test of a mediation model, Personality and Individual Differences, 34, 1195, 10.1016/S0191-8869(02)00109-5

Compas, 2001, Coping with stress during childhood and adolescence: Problems, progress, and potential in theory and research, Psychological Bulletin, 127, 87, 10.1037/0033-2909.127.1.87

Curbow, 1993, Personal changes, dispositional optimism, and psychological adjustment to bone marrow transplantation, Journal of Behavioral Medicine, 16, 423, 10.1007/BF00844815

Dember, 1989, The measurement of optimism and pessimism, Current Psychology: Research & Reviews, 8, 102, 10.1007/BF02686675

Duke, 2002, Giving up and replacing activities in response to illness, Journal of Gerontology: Psychological Sciences, 57B, 367, 10.1093/geronb/57.4.P367

Dunn, 1990, Physiological and behavioral responses to corticotropin-releasing factors administration: Is CRF a mediator of anxiety or stress responses?, Brain Research Reviews, 15, 71, 10.1016/0165-0173(90)90012-D

Ebrecht, 2004, Perceived stress and cortisol levels predict speed of wound healing in healthy male adults, Psychoneuroendrocrinology, 29, 798, 10.1016/S0306-4530(03)00144-6

Ellicott, 1990, Life events and the course of bipolar disorder, American Journal of Psychiatry, 147, 1194, 10.1176/ajp.147.9.1194

Finlay-Jones, 1981, Types of stressful life event and the onset of anxiety and depressive disorders, Psychological Medicine, 11, 803, 10.1017/S0033291700041301

Fitzgerald, 1993, The relative importance of dispositional optimism and control appraisals in quality of life after coronary artery bypass surgery, Journal of Behavioral Medicine, 16, 25, 10.1007/BF00844753

Folkman, 2004, Coping: Pitfalls and promise, Annual Review of Psychology, 55, 745, 10.1146/annurev.psych.55.090902.141456

Friedman, 1992, The relationship of dispositional optimism, daily life stress, and domestic environment to coping methods used by cancer patients, Journal of Behavioral Medicine, 15, 127, 10.1007/BF00848321

Geers, 2009, Dispositional optimism and engagement: The moderating influence of goal prioritization, Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 96, 913, 10.1037/a0014830

Gibson, 2004, Optimism, pessimism, and gambling: The downside of optimism, Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 30, 149, 10.1177/0146167203259929

Giltay, 2004, Dispositional optimism and all-cause and cardiovascular mortality in a prospective cohort of elderly Dutch men and women, Archives of General Psychiatry, 61, 1126, 10.1001/archpsyc.61.11.1126

Giltay, 2006, Dispositional optimism and the risk of depressive symptoms during 15years of follow-up: The Zutphen Elderly Study, Journal of Affective Disorders, 91, 45, 10.1016/j.jad.2005.12.027

Given, 1993, The influence of cancer patients' symptoms and functional states on patients' depression and family caregivers' reaction and depression, Health Psychology, 12, 277, 10.1037/0278-6133.12.4.277

Greer, 1990, Psychological response to breast cancer and 15-year outcome, Lancet, i, 49, 10.1016/0140-6736(90)90173-3

Heinonen, 2005, Dispositional optimism: development over 21years from the perspectives of perceived temperament and mothering, Personality and Individual Differences, 38, 425, 10.1016/j.paid.2004.04.020

Heinonen, 2006, Socioeconomic status in childhood and adulthood: Associations with dispositional optimism and pessimism over a 21-year follow-up, Journal of Personality, 74, 1111, 10.1111/j.1467-6494.2006.00404.x

Helweg-Larsen, 2002, The stigma of being pessimistically biased, Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology, 21, 92, 10.1521/jscp.21.1.92.22405

Herzberg, 2006, Separating optimism and pessimism: A robust psychometric analysis of the revised Life Orientation Test (LOT-R), Psychological Assessment, 18, 433, 10.1037/1040-3590.18.4.433

Higgins, 2006, Value from hedonic experience and engagement, Psychological Review, 113, 439, 10.1037/0033-295X.113.3.439

Hooker, 1992, Mental and physical health of spouse caregivers: The role of personality, Psychology and Aging, 7, 367, 10.1037/0882-7974.7.3.367

House, 1988, Social relationships and health, Science, 241, 540, 10.1126/science.3399889

Isaacowitz, 2005, The gaze of the optimist, Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 31, 407, 10.1177/0146167204271599

Kawachi, 2001, Social ties and mental health, Journal of Urban Health, 78, 458, 10.1093/jurban/78.3.458

Kohut, 2002, Exercise and psychosocial factors modulate immunity to influenza vaccine in elderly individuals, Journals of Gerontology: Series A: Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences, 57A, 557, 10.1093/gerona/57.9.M557

Lazarus, 1984

Lesperance, 1996, Major depression before and after myocardial infarction: Its nature and consequences, Psychosomatic Medicine, 58, 99, 10.1097/00006842-199603000-00001

Litt, 1992, Coping and cognitive factors in adaptation to in vitro fertilization failure, Journal of Behavioral Medicine, 15, 171, 10.1007/BF00848324

Lorant, 2003, Socioeconomic inequalities in depression: A meta-analysis, American Journal of Epidemiology, 157, 98, 10.1093/aje/kwf182

Lucas, 1996, Discriminant validity of well-being measures, Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 71, 616, 10.1037/0022-3514.71.3.616

Luo, 2007, How optimists face skin cancer information: Risk assessment, attention, memory, and behavior, Psychology and Heath, 22, 963, 10.1080/14768320601070951

MacLeod, 2005, Well-being and the anticipation of future positive experiences: The role of income, social networks, and planning ability, Cognition and Emotion, 19, 357, 10.1080/02699930441000247

Marshall, 1992, Distinguishing optimism from pessimism: Relations to fundamental dimensions of mood and personality, Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 62, 1067, 10.1037/0022-3514.62.6.1067

Matthews, 2004, Optimistic attitudes protect against progression of carotid atherosclerosis in healthy middle-aged women, Psychosomatic Medicine, 66, 640, 10.1097/01.psy.0000139999.99756.a5

Ohannessian, 1993, Hassles and uplifts and generalized outcome expectancies as moderators on the relation between a family history of alcoholism and drinking behaviors, Journal of Studies on Alcohol, 55, 754, 10.15288/jsa.1994.55.754

Park, 1997, The roles of constructive thinking and optimism in psychological and behavioral adjustment during pregnancy, Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 73, 584, 10.1037/0022-3514.73.3.584

Peterson, 1984, Causal explanations as a risk factor for depression: Theory and evidence, Psychological Review, 91, 347, 10.1037/0033-295X.91.3.347

Peterson, 2001, Explanatory style, expectations, and depressive symptoms, Personality and Individual Differences, 31, 1217, 10.1016/S0191-8869(00)00221-X

Plomin, 1992, Optimism, pessimism, and mental health: A twin/adoption analysis, Personality and Individual Differences, 13, 921, 10.1016/0191-8869(92)90009-E

Pretzer, 2002, Optimism, pessimism, and psychotherapy: Implications for clinical practice, 321

Radcliffe, 2002, Dispositional, unrealistic, and comparative optimism: Differential relations with the knowledge and processing of risk information and beliefs about personal risk, Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 28, 836, 10.1177/0146167202289012

Räikkönen, 1999, Effects of optimism, pessimism, and trait anxiety on ambulatory blood pressure and mood during everyday life, Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 76, 104, 10.1037/0022-3514.76.1.104

Rasmussen, 2009, Optimism and physical health: A meta-analytic review, Annals of Behavioral Medicine, 37, 239, 10.1007/s12160-009-9111-x

Rasmussen, 2006, Self-regulation processes and health: The importance of optimism and goal adjustment, Journal of Personality, 74, 1721, 10.1111/j.1467-6494.2006.00426.x

Rauch, 2007, Method effects due to social desirability as a parsimonious explanation of the deviation from unidimensionality in LOT-R scores, Personality and Individual Differences, 42, 1597, 10.1016/j.paid.2006.10.035

Reed, 1994, “Realistic acceptance” as a predictor of decreased survival time in gay men with AIDS, Health Psychology, 13, 299, 10.1037/0278-6133.13.4.299

Riskind, 1996, For every malady a sovereign cure: Optimism training, Journal of Cognitive Psychotherapy: An International Quarterly, 10, 105, 10.1891/0889-8391.10.2.105

Robinson-Whelen, 1997, Distinguishing optimism from pessimism in older adults: Is it more important to be optimistic or not to be pessimistic?, Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 73, 1345, 10.1037/0022-3514.73.6.1345

Roth, 1986, Approach, avoidance, and coping with stress, American Psychologist, 41, 813, 10.1037/0003-066X.41.7.813

Ruiz, 2006, Does who you marry matter for your health? Influence of patients' and spouses' personality on their partners' psychological well-being following coronary artery bypass surgery, Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 91, 255, 10.1037/0022-3514.91.2.255

Scheier, 1985, Optimism, coping, and health: Assessment and implication of generalized outcome expectancies, Health Psychology, 4, 219, 10.1037/0278-6133.4.3.219

Scheier, 1992, Effects of optimism on psychological and physical well-being: Theoretical overview and empirical update, Cognitive Therapy and Research, 16, 201, 10.1007/BF01173489

Scheier, 2001, Adapting to cancer: The importance of hope and purpose, 15

Scheier, 1994, Distinguishing optimism from neuroticism (and trait anxiety, self-mastery, and self-esteem): A reevaluation of the Life Orientation Test, Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 67, 1063, 10.1037/0022-3514.67.6.1063

Scheier, 2001, Optimism, pessimism, and psychological well-being, 189

Scheier, 1989, Dispositional optimism and recovery from coronary artery bypass surgery: The beneficial effects on physical and psychological well-being, Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 57, 1024, 10.1037/0022-3514.57.6.1024

Scheier, 1999, Optimism and rehospitalization following coronary artery bypass graft surgery, Archives of Internal Medicine, 159, 829, 10.1001/archinte.159.8.829

Schou, 2005, The mediating role of appraisal and coping in the relationship between optimism–pessimism and quality of life, Psycho-Oncology, 14, 718, 10.1002/pon.896

Schwarzer, 1994, Optimism, vulnerability, and self-beliefs as health-related cognitions: A systematic overview, Psychology and Health, 9, 161, 10.1080/08870449408407475

Segerstrom, 2001, Optimism and attentional bias for negative and positive stimuli, Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 27, 1334, 10.1177/01461672012710009

Segerstrom, 2005, Optimism and immunity: Do positive thoughts always lead to positive effects?, Brain, Behavior, and Immunity, 19, 195, 10.1016/j.bbi.2004.08.003

Segerstrom, 2006

Segerstrom, 2006, How does optimism suppress immunity? Evaluation of three affective pathways, Health Psychology, 25, 653, 10.1037/0278-6133.25.5.653

Segerstrom, 2007, Optimism and resources: Effects on each other and on health over 10years, Journal of Research in Personality, 41, 772, 10.1016/j.jrp.2006.09.004

Segerstrom, 2006, When goals conflict but people prosper: The case of dispositional optimism, Journal of Research in Personality, 40, 675, 10.1016/j.jrp.2005.08.001

Seligman, 1999, The prevention of depression and anxiety, Prevention and Treatment, 2, 10.1037/1522-3736.2.1.28a

Seligman, 2007, Group prevention of depression and anxiety symptoms, Behaviour Research and Therapy, 45, 1111, 10.1016/j.brat.2006.09.010

Shepperd, 1996, Dispositional optimism as a predictor of health changes among cardiac patients, Journal of Research in Personality, 30, 517, 10.1006/jrpe.1996.0038

Shifren, 1995, Stability and change in optimism: A study among spouse caregivers, Experimental Aging Research, 21, 59, 10.1080/03610739508254268

Shnek, 2001, Psychological factors and depressive symptoms in ischemic heart disease, Health psychology, 20, 141, 10.1037/0278-6133.20.2.141

Skinner, 2003, Searching for the structure of coping: A review and critique of category systems for classifying ways of coping, Psychological Bulletin, 129, 216, 10.1037/0033-2909.129.2.216

Solberg Nes, 2009, Optimism and college retention: Mediation by motivation, performance, and adjustment, Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 39, 1887, 10.1111/j.1559-1816.2009.00508.x

Solberg Nes, 2006, Dispositional optimism and coping: A meta-analytic review, Personality and Social Psychology Review, 10, 235, 10.1207/s15327957pspr1003_3

Srivastava, 2006, Optimism in close relationships: How seeing things in a positive light makes them so, Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 91, 143, 10.1037/0022-3514.91.1.143

Stanton, 1993, Coping with breast cancer diagnosis: A prospective study, Health Psychology, 12, 16, 10.1037/0278-6133.12.1.16

Strack, 1987, Predicting successful completion of an aftercare program following treatment for alcoholism: The role of dispositional optimism, Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 53, 579, 10.1037/0022-3514.53.3.579

Sweeny, 2006, Is optimism always best?, Current Directions in Psychological Science, 15, 302, 10.1111/j.1467-8721.2006.00457.x

Szondy, 2004, Optimism and immune functions, Mentalhigiene es Pszichoszomatika, 5, 301, 10.1556/Mental.5.2004.4.2

Taylor, 2007, Social support, 145

Taylor, 1992, Optimism, coping, psychological distress, and high-risk sexual behavior among men at risk for Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS), Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 63, 460, 10.1037/0022-3514.63.3.460

Tennen, 1987, The costs and benefits of optimistic explanations and dispositional optimism, Journal of Personality, 55, 377, 10.1111/j.1467-6494.1987.tb00443.x

Tindale, 2009, Optimism, cynical hostility, and incident coronary heart disease and mortality in the Women's Health Initiative, Circulation, 120, 656, 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.108.827642

Trunzo, 2003, Social support as a mediator of optimism and distress in breast cancer survivors, Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 4, 805, 10.1037/0022-006X.71.4.805

Uchino, 2004

Wrosch, 2003, The importance of goal disengagement in adaptive self-regulation: When giving up is beneficial, Self and Identity, 2, 1, 10.1080/15298860309021

Zeidner, 1992, Coping with missile attack: Resources, strategies, and outcomes, Journal of Personality, 60, 709, 10.1111/j.1467-6494.1992.tb00271.x