Dispositional Optimism and the Mechanisms by Which It Predicts Slower Disease Progression in HIV: Proactive Behavior, Avoidant Coping, and Depression

The issue of whether optimism may prospectively protect against disease progression is one that has generated much interest, with mixed results in the literature. The purpose of this study was to determine whether dispositional optimism predicts slower disease progression in HIV. Two indicators of d...

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Main Authors: Ironson, Gail, Balbin, Elizabeth, Stuetzle, Rick, Fletcher, Mary Ann, O’Cleirigh, Conall, Laurenceau, J. P., Schneiderman, Neil, Solomon, George
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: 2005
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3000803/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15901217
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1207/s15327558ijbm1202_6
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