Optimism, Agency, and Success
Does optimism lead to success? Friends of optimism argue that positive beliefs about ourselves and our future contribute to our fitness and mental health, and are correlated with good functioning, productivity, resilience, and pro-social behaviour. Sceptics, instead, claim that when we are optimisti...
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Format: | Electronic Article |
Language: | English |
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Springer Science + Business Media B. V
[2018]
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Ethical theory and moral practice
Year: 2018, Volume: 21, Issue: 3, Pages: 521-535 |
RelBib Classification: | VA Philosophy ZD Psychology |
Further subjects: | B
Positive illusions
B Agency B Motivation B Optimism Bias B Dispositional optimism B Success |
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