Optimism and pessimism as predictors of physical and psychological health among grandmothers raising their grandchildren
- 31 October 2008
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Elsevier in Journal of Research in Personality
- Vol. 42 (5) , 1352-1357
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jrp.2008.03.011
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