What is it about?
This study tried to answer the question: Is optimism correlated with less suffering among institutionalized older people?
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Why is it important?
Examining if optimism remains intact among institutionalized older people is clinically useful, as it may function as an intrapersonal resistance factor responsive to intervention.
Perspectives
Doing this study and writing this paper was an opportunity to move away from mental illness and focus on positive psychological processes that can promote mental health.
Prof. Helena Amaral Espírito Santo
Instituto Superior Miguel Torga
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This page is a summary of: Optimism and Well-Being Among Institutionalized Older Adults, GeroPsych, January 2018, Hogrefe Publishing Group,
DOI: 10.1024/1662-9647/a000182.
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