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How Belief in a Just World Benefits Mental Health: The Effects of Optimism and Gratitude [PDF]
, 2015 The file attached to this record is the author's final peer reviewed version. The Publisher's final version can be found by following the DOI link.Past research suggests that individuals’ belief in a just world (BJW) is closely connected with their ...
Jiang, Feng +4 more
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Psychologica Belgica, 2021 The study aimed to examine the psychometric properties of the Dutch Life Orientation Test-Revised for Adolescents (LOT-R-A), a self-report questionnaire assessing dispositional optimism, and to evaluate the two-factor structure (optimism, pessimism). The
Anne Kennes +6 more
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The structure of optimism : "Controllability affects the extent to which efficacy beliefs shape outcome expectancies" [PDF]
, 2012 In this article we theoretically develop and empirically test an integrative conceptual framework linking dispositional optimism as general outcome expectancy to general efficacy beliefs about internal (self) and external (instrumental social support and
Monsen, Erik, Urbig, Diemo
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Underlying construct of empathy, optimism, and burnout in medical students. [PDF]
, 2015 OBJECTIVE: This study was designed to explore the underlying construct of measures of empathy, optimism, and burnout in medical students. METHODS: Three instruments for measuring empathy (Jefferson Scale of Empathy, JSE); Optimism (the Life Orientation ...
Cohen, Mitchell +4 more
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Optimal Solvers for PDE-Constrained Optimization [PDF]
SIAM Journal on Scientific Computing, 2010 Optimization problems with constraints which require the solution of a partial differential equation arise widely in many areas of the sciences and engineering, in particular in problems of design. The solution of such PDE-constrained optimization problems is usually a major computational task.
Rees, Tyrone, Thorne, HS, Wathen, AJ
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Optimal choice and beliefs with ex ante savoring and ex post disappointment [PDF]
, 2006 We propose a new decision criterion under risk in which people extract both utility from anticipatory feelings ex ante and disutility from disappointment ex post. The decision maker chooses his degree of optimism, given that more optimism raises both the
Gollier, Christian, Muermann, Alexander
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A Perusal of Managers' Optimism Pursuant to the Rate of Hormones in Blood [PDF]
Iranian Journal of Finance, 2020 The objective of the current survey was to excavate the effect of the rate of hormones in the blood, age, and gender on the financial behavior of managers.
Maryam Nouraei +3 more
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Emotional intelligence and optimistic cognitive style in certainty in career decision making [PDF]
, 2014 The current study tested whether Trait Emotional Intelligence variables and Optimistic Cognitive Style together predicted feelings of certainty in career decision making. Few studies have examined the effects of trait emotional intelligence or life style
Alexander, Victoria +2 more
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Optimal growth and Pareto optimality [PDF]
Journal of Mathematical Economics, 1991 Using the McKenzie-Montrucchio approach to optimal growth problems the authors show that in a stationary intertemporal economy with discrete infinite time span and recursive utilities for each of a finite numbers of agents, every Pareto optimum solution is a solution to a generalized McKenzie problem.
Dana Rose-anne, Le Van Cuong
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A Cross-Country Study of Comparative Optimism About Privacy Risks on Social Media
International Journal of Communication, 2023 People exhibit comparative optimism about privacy risks, believing that they are personally less vulnerable to privacy threats than their average peers, and yet comparative optimism about privacy threats can lead to reckless online behaviors.
Hichang Cho +3 more
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