| Title |
Personality and quality of life: The importance of optimism and goal adjustment
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|---|---|
| Published in |
Quality of Life Research, January 2003
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| DOI | 10.1023/a:1023529606137 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Carsten Wrosch, Michael F. Scheier |
| Abstract |
This article concerns the relations between personality and quality of life. In the first part, we discuss different conceptualizations of personality and quality of life. We argue that personality affects quality of life by influencing how people approach and react to critical life situations. In the second part, we address the beneficial role played by two individual difference variables in promoting quality of life: dispositional optimism and goal adjustment. Literature is reviewed demonstrating that dispositional optimism facilitates subjective well-being and good health, mediated by a person's coping behaviors. In addition, we discuss studies that examine people who confront unattainable goals. The reported evidence supports the conclusion that individual differences in people's abilities to adjust to unattainable goals are associated with a good quality of life. |
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| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown | 1 | 100% |
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| Type | Count | As % |
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| Members of the public | 1 | 100% |
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
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| Australia | 2 | <1% |
| United Kingdom | 2 | <1% |
| Hong Kong | 1 | <1% |
| South Africa | 1 | <1% |
| Russia | 1 | <1% |
| Spain | 1 | <1% |
| Greece | 1 | <1% |
| United States | 1 | <1% |
| Unknown | 271 | 96% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Master | 42 | 15% |
| Student > Bachelor | 41 | 15% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 37 | 13% |
| Researcher | 29 | 10% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 19 | 7% |
| Other | 48 | 17% |
| Unknown | 65 | 23% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Psychology | 113 | 40% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 32 | 11% |
| Social Sciences | 16 | 6% |
| Business, Management and Accounting | 10 | 4% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 6 | 2% |
| Other | 25 | 9% |
| Unknown | 79 | 28% |
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