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

By: Segerstrom, Suzanne CContributor(s): ProQuest (Firm)Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York : Guilford Press, c2006Description: viii, 232 p. : ill. (some col.)Subject(s): Optimism | Self-actualization (Psychology)Genre/Form: Electronic books.DDC classification: 158 LOC classification: BF698.35.O57 | S445 2006Online resources: Click to View
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.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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.

Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.

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