Breaking Murphy's law
Subtitle: how optimists get what they want from life-- and pessimists can too
By: Suzanne C. Segerstrom.
Publisher: Guilford Press
Published: 2006
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Subjects: Optimism.; Self-actualization (Psychology)
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Prologue: stop trying to be so happy; title: Glass half full, glass half empty, or glass that needs to be washed? the optimistic character; title: The persistence instinct: optimists and their goals; title: Building (and rebuilding) for the future: optimists and their resources; title: So happy together: optimists and their relationships; title: Mixed blessing: optimists and their health; title: Everything good, especially the bad: optimists and their vulnerabilities; title: Is an optimist born or made? the optimistic character revisited; title: Doing optimism: optimists, pessimists, and their potential for change; title: Epilogue: confessions of a reluctant optimist.