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- Title
Dispositional optimism and the risk of cardiovascular death: the Zutphen Elderly Study.
- Authors
Giltay, Erik J; Kamphuis, Marjolein H; Kalmijn, Sandra; Zitman, Frans G; Kromhout, Daan
- Abstract
Dispositional optimism, defined in terms of life engagement and generalized positive outcome expectancies for one's future, may be related to lower cardiovascular mortality. We aimed to determine whether dispositional optimism is a stable trait over time and whether it is independently related to lower cardiovascular mortality in elderly men.
- Publication
Archives of internal medicine, 2006, Vol 166, Issue 4, p431
- ISSN
0003-9926
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1001/archinte.166.4.431