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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Main Author: Lee, Daphne Weilin.
Other Authors: Joyce Pang Shu Min
Format: Final Year Project
Language:English
Published: 2009
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10356/16650
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Institution: Nanyang Technological University
Language: English