Cultural-Historical Psychology
2017. Vol. 13, no. 2, 50–60
doi:10.17759/chp.2017130206
ISSN: 1816-5435 / 2224-8935 (online)
Evaluating Optimism: Developing Children’s Version of Optimistic Attributional Style Questionnaire
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Keywords: optimistic attributional style, diagnostics, success and failure explanatory style, psychologi¬cal well-being, depression, culture, adolescents
Journal rubric: Empirical Research
DOI: https://doi.org/10.17759/chp.2017130206
Funding. This research was supported by grant from Russian Foundation for Basic Research, project named “Optimism as predictor of effective performance and psychological well-being: structure and diagnostics” (№ 16-36-00037).
For citation: Gordeeva T.O., Sychev O.A., Osin E.N. Evaluating Optimism: Developing Children’s Version of Optimistic Attributional Style Questionnaire. Kul'turno-istoricheskaya psikhologiya = Cultural-Historical Psychology, 2017. Vol. 13, no. 2, pp. 50–60. DOI: 10.17759/chp.2017130206. (In Russ., аbstr. in Engl.)
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