Optimism and Health

Barbara Engel

Positive Psychology: Whats Right With Me – Psy 220

December 12th, 2010

Erika Chomina

Optimism and Health

Optimism is having hope, having dreams and having a plan for your future. People who are optimistic are positive about the things that will happen throughout their life and in the future. The article Optimism and health-related quality of life in adolescents with cancer states the objective to be “To delineate the relationship between optimism and health-related quality of life (HRQOL) and quality of life (QOL) in adolescents with cancer living in the Bronx, New York. Methods Optimism was assessed using the Life Orientation Test,...

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