Great expectations: a meta-analytic examination of optimism and hope.

Alarcon, Gene M.; Bowling, Nathan A.; Khazon, Steven

doi:10.1016/j.paid.2012.12.004

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Great expectations: a meta-analytic examination of optimism and hope.

Alarcon, Gene M., Bowling, Nathan A., Khazon, Steven·2013·Personality and Individual Differences

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Authors: Alarcon, G. M., Bowling, N. A., & Khazon, S.
Affiliations: United States Air Force Research Laboratory (US)
Wright State University (US)
Corresponding author: Alarcon, Gene M.
ORCID: Alarcon, Gene M.
Bowling, Nathan A.
Venue: Personality and Individual Differences
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Published: 2013-05
Volume: 54
Issue: 7
Pages: 821-827
ISSN: 0191-8869 (ISSN-L)
DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2012.12.004
OpenAlex: W2029021705
Cited by: 531
References: 43
Citations by year: 2026: 32 · 2025: 36 · 2024: 38 · 2023: 42 · 2022: 58 · 2021: 46 · 2020: 62 · 2019: 30 · 2018: 77 · 2017: 32 · 2016: 32 · 2015: 21 · 2014: 18 · 2013: 7
FWCI: 40.06
Type: journal article
Language: en
Open access: closed
Licence: www.elsevier.com/tdm/userlicense/1.0/ (tdm)
Locations: Personality and Individual Differences (publishedVersion)
Topics: Social Sciences › Psychology › Applied Psychology › Optimism, Hope, and Well-being
Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Psychological Well-being and Life Satisfaction
Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Psychological and Temporal Perspectives Research
Keywords: optimism, hope, psychological well-being, physical well-being, Big Five personality traits, personality traits

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