Harnessing the positive and the negative : resilience and its relationship to self-esteem, optimism, empathy and defensive pessimism.
The present study examined the influence of self-esteem, optimism, empathy and defensive pessimism on resilience. Data from sixty undergraduates from a college in an Asian school setting supported the hypothesis that self-esteem, optimism and empathy were associated with resilience. Contrary to expe...
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| Format: | Final Year Project (FYP) |
| Language: | English |
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2009
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/10356/16650 |