Publication details
Optimism and Health-related Behavior of Czech University Students
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| Year of publication | 2011 |
| Type | Appeared in Conference without Proceedings |
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| Description | The research studies a particular theme of a project supported by Czech Grant Agency (No. 406/09/0611). This exploratory study contributes to clarifications on relation among dispositional optimism/pessimism, optimism/pessimism as an explanatory style and health-related behavior. The main aim of the presented study is to verify on a sample of Czech respondents the relationship between optimism and high activity towards own health and, on the contrary, the connection between pessimism and passivity, which was proven in the US. |
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