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Author:

Segerstrom, Suzanne C.

Title:

Breaking Murphy's law : how optimists get what they want from life-- and pessimists can too / Suzanne C. Segerstrom.

Publisher:

Guilford Press,

Copyright Date:

c2006

Description:

viii, 232 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Subject:

Optimism.
Self-actualization (Psychology)
Optimisme
Positieve psychologie.
Optimisme.
Actualisation de soi.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 201-226) and index.

Contents:

Prologue: stop trying to be so happy -- Glass half full, glass half empty, or glass that needs to be washed? the optimistic character -- The persistence instinct: optimists and their goals -- Building (and rebuilding) for the future: optimists and their resources -- So happy together: optimists and their relationships -- Mixed blessing: optimists and their health -- Everything good, especially the bad: optimists and their vulnerabilities -- Is an optimist born or made? the optimistic character revisited -- Doing optimism: optimists, pessimists, and their potential for change -- Epilogue: confessions of a reluctant optimist.

ISBN:

9781593855925 (pbk.)
1593855923 (pbk.)
1593852096
9781593852092
9781593852092 (trade cloth)
1593852096 (trade cloth)

LCCN:

2005035083

Locations:

ORAX826 -- Scott Community College (Bettendorf)

KSPG296 -- Burlington Public Library (Burlington)

SAPG074 -- Cedar Falls Public Library (Cedar Falls)

CEAX572 -- Kirkwood Community College Library (Cedar Rapids)

GUPF501 -- Newton Public Library (Newton)

AXPF626 -- Oskaloosa Public Library (Oskaloosa)

GMPD771 -- Pleasant Hill Public Library (Pleasant Hill)