Personality and quality of life: The importance of optimism and goal adjustment
- 1 January 2003
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Springer Nature in Quality of Life Research
- Vol. 12 (1suppl) , 59-72
- https://doi.org/10.1023/a:1023529606137
Abstract
This article concerns the relations between personality and quality of life. In the first part, we discuss different conceptualizations of personality and quality of life. We argue that personality...Keywords
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