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Self-control and optimism are distinct and complementary strengths

Overview of attention for article published in Personality & Individual Differences, August 2014
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Title
Self-control and optimism are distinct and complementary strengths
Published in
Personality & Individual Differences, August 2014
DOI 10.1016/j.paid.2014.02.041
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Geographical breakdown

Geographical breakdown
Country Count As %
United States 3 4%
New Zealand 1 1%
Brazil 1 1%
Unknown 80 94%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status
Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Master 17 20%
Student > Ph. D. Student 14 16%
Student > Bachelor 9 11%
Student > Doctoral Student 7 8%
Student > Postgraduate 7 8%
Other 10 12%
Unknown 21 25%
Readers by discipline
Readers by discipline Count As %
Psychology 41 48%
Business, Management and Accounting 6 7%
Medicine and Dentistry 5 6%
Arts and Humanities 2 2%
Sports and Recreations 2 2%
Other 7 8%
Unknown 22 26%
Attention Score in Context

Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 2. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 28 March 2014.
All research outputs
#23,936,697
of 34,358,242 outputs
Outputs from Personality & Individual Differences
#5,343
of 7,507 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#176,248
of 271,727 outputs
Outputs of similar age from Personality & Individual Differences
#58
of 82 outputs
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