Background: Positive thinking is a cognitive attitude that focuses on optimism and aims for
positive results. Positive thinking leads to positive emotions, more adaptive behaviors, and …

BACKGROUND: Personality characteristics are assumed to affect to the vulnerability to
depression and its outcomes. The aim of this study was to examine optimism and pessimism …

Objectives. To investigate the association of mood and anxiety symptoms with sleep
architecture (the distribution of sleep stages) in community-dwelling older men. Method. We …

This study examined the construct validity of the Dutch Life Orientation Test-Revised (LOT-
R) in two samples; one sample of patients with psychiatric disorders (n= 157) and one …

Background Decreased pain represents a clinically important outcome following
arthroscopic knee surgery. However, little is known about preoperative mood and attitudinal …

Objective: Combat exposure can have long-term negative effects in later life; although
aspects of service may be appraised positively, the long-term positive effects of combat on …

Cuestionario de conocimientos sobre el envejecimiento (Palmore, 1988). El nuevo
cuestionario de evaluación de estereotipos negativos hacia la vejez elaborado (CENVE) …

Background. Previous research has indicated that older adults with severe life stress show
attenuated immune responses to influenza vaccination. Associations among mood …

Many Alaska Native Elders attended government-run boarding schools as children, were
forbidden to speak their native language, and were forced to abandon their traditional …

Understanding the complex psychological processes that underlie post-migration
experiences can assist those settling into a new land. We propose a conceptual framework …