positive and negative attitude

Dispositional optimism is an individual difference promoting psychosocial adjustment and well-being during adolescence… (More)

UNLABELLED Dispositional optimism has been shown to beneficially influence various experimental and clinical pain experiences… (More)

The combination of less positive and more negative expectations for the future (i.e., lower optimism and higher pessimism… (More)

Evidence suggests that optimism may be protective for health during times of heightened stress, yet the mechanisms involved… (More)

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES Patients' expectations regarding their surgical recovery can significantly influence health outcomes… (More)

OBJECTIVE Dispositional optimism has been associated with a lower risk of cardiovascular mortality, but the underlying mechanisms… (More)

BACKGROUND Dispositional optimism, defined in terms of life engagement and generalized positive outcome expectancies for one's… (More)

OBJECTIVE It is unclear whether the personality trait of dispositional optimism, defined in terms of generalized positive outcome… (More)

OBJECTIVE This study investigated whether situational and dispositional optimism were protective against dimensions of distress… (More)

Similar mechanisms have been proposed to explain the stress-buffering effects of both dispositional optimism and perceived… (More)