OPTIMISM, SOCIAL SUPPORT, STRESS, AND PHYSICAL AND PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL-BEING IN JAPANESE WOMEN

Authors
SUMI K
Citation
K. Sumi, OPTIMISM, SOCIAL SUPPORT, STRESS, AND PHYSICAL AND PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL-BEING IN JAPANESE WOMEN, Psychological reports, 81(1), 1997, pp. 299-306
Citations number
15
Categorie Soggetti
Psychology
Journal title
Psychological reports → ACNP
ISSN journal
00332941
Volume
81
Issue
1
Year of publication
1997
Pages
299 - 306
Database
ISI
SICI code
0033-2941(1997)81:1<299:OSSSAP>2.0.ZU;2-5
Abstract
The present study examined the relationship between self-reported scor es on optimism, social support, and stress and on physical and psychol ogical well-being in 176 Japanese female college students. The signifi cant interactions found among scores on optimism, social support, and stress suggest that individuals who reported higher optimism and socia l support also rated themselves higher with respect to physical and ps ychological well-being, regardless of their reported stress.