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12803312

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:dateCreated
2003-6-13
pubmed:abstractText
This article concerns the relations between personality and quality of life. In the first part, we discuss different conceptualizations of personality and quality of life. We argue that personality affects quality of life by influencing how people approach and react to critical life situations. In the second part, we address the beneficial role played by two individual difference variables in promoting quality of life: dispositional optimism and goal adjustment. Literature is reviewed demonstrating that dispositional optimism facilitates subjective well-being and good health, mediated by a person's coping behaviors. In addition, we discuss studies that examine people who confront unattainable goals. The reported evidence supports the conclusion that individual differences in people's abilities to adjust to unattainable goals are associated with a good quality of life.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
0962-9343
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
12 Suppl 1
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
59-72
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-14
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2003
pubmed:articleTitle
Personality and quality of life: the importance of optimism and goal adjustment.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Psychology, Concordia University, Montreal, QC, Canada. wrosch@vax2.concordia.ca
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Review, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't