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Dispositional Optimism and Physical Health: A Long Look Back, a Quick Look Forward

Overview of attention for article published in American Psychologist, December 2018
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  • In the top 5% of all research outputs scored by Altmetric
  • High Attention Score compared to outputs of the same age (98th percentile)
  • Good Attention Score compared to outputs of the same age and source (77th percentile)

Mentioned by

news
11 news outlets
blogs
2 blogs
bluesky
1 Bluesky user

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mendeley
309 Mendeley
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Article details
Title
Dispositional Optimism and Physical Health: A Long Look Back, a Quick Look Forward
Published in
American Psychologist, December 2018
DOI 10.1037/amp0000384
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Mendeley demographics

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Geographical breakdown

Geographical breakdown
Country Count As %
Unknown 309 100%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status
Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Master 36 12%
Student > Bachelor 29 9%
Student > Ph. D. Student 22 7%
Researcher 13 4%
Student > Doctoral Student 12 4%
Other 50 16%
Unknown 147 48%
Readers by discipline
Readers by discipline Count As %
Psychology 79 26%
Nursing and Health Professions 12 4%
Social Sciences 12 4%
Medicine and Dentistry 11 4%
Business, Management and Accounting 8 3%
Other 30 10%
Unknown 157 51%
Attention Score in Context

Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 107. 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 13 December 2025.
All research outputs
#479,025
of 32,718,554 outputs
Outputs from American Psychologist
#184
of 3,652 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#8,479
of 478,355 outputs
Outputs of similar age from American Psychologist
#7
of 31 outputs
Altmetric has tracked 32,718,554 research outputs across all sources so far. Compared to these this one has done particularly well and is in the 98th percentile: it's in the top 5% of all research outputs ever tracked by Altmetric.
So far Altmetric has tracked 3,652 research outputs from this source. They typically receive a lot more attention than average, with a mean Attention Score of 25.1. This one has done particularly well, scoring higher than 94% of its peers.
Older research outputs will score higher simply because they've had more time to accumulate mentions. To account for age we can compare this Altmetric Attention Score to the 478,355 tracked outputs that were published within six weeks on either side of this one in any source. This one has done particularly well, scoring higher than 98% of its contemporaries.
We're also able to compare this research output to 31 others from the same source and published within six weeks on either side of this one. This one has done well, scoring higher than 77% of its contemporaries.