The role of optimism in social network development, coping, and psychological adjustment during a life transition.

@article{citeulike:2902464, abstract = {The authors investigated the extent to which social support and coping account for the association between greater optimism and better adjustment to stressful life events. College students of both genders completed measures of perceived stress, depression, friendship network size, and perceived social support at the beginning and end of their 1st semester of college. Coping was assessed at the end of the 1st semester. Greater optimism, assessed at the beginning of the 1st semester of college, was prospectively associated with smaller increases in stress and depression and greater increases in perceived social support (but not in friendship network size) over the course of the 1st semester of college. Mediational analyses were consistent with a model in which increases in social support and greater use of positive reinterpretation and growth contributed to the superior adjustment that optimists experienced.}, address = {Insititute for Health Health Care Policy and Aging, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, New Brunswick 08901, USA. i\_brissette@hotmail.com}, author = {Brissette, I. and Scheier, M. F. and Carver, C. S. }, citeulike-article-id = {2902464}, issn = {0022-3514}, journal = {Journal of personality and social psychology}, keywords = {network, optimism, social, support, transition}, month = {January}, number = {1}, pages = {102--111}, posted-at = {2008-06-17 14:37:33}, priority = {2}, title = {The role of optimism in social network development, coping, and psychological adjustment during a life transition.}, url = {http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11811628}, volume = {82}, year = {2002} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:2902464 L3 - citeulike-article-id:2902464 TI - The role of optimism in social network development, coping, and psychological adjustment during a life transition. JF - Journal of personality and social psychology VL - 82 IS - 1 SP - 102 EP - 111 AD - Insititute for Health Health Care Policy and Aging, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, New Brunswick 08901, USA. i_brissette@hotmail.com SN - 0022-3514 N2 - The authors investigated the extent to which social support and coping account for the association between greater optimism and better adjustment to stressful life events. College students of both genders completed measures of perceived stress, depression, friendship network size, and perceived social support at the beginning and end of their 1st semester of college. Coping was assessed at the end of the 1st semester. Greater optimism, assessed at the beginning of the 1st semester of college, was prospectively associated with smaller increases in stress and depression and greater increases in perceived social support (but not in friendship network size) over the course of the 1st semester of college. Mediational analyses were consistent with a model in which increases in social support and greater use of positive reinterpretation and growth contributed to the superior adjustment that optimists experienced. KW - network KW - optimism KW - social KW - support KW - transition AU - Brissette, I AU - Scheier, MF AU - Carver, CS PY - 2002/01// UR - http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11811628 ER -