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Optimism and Mental Health in Adolescence: a Prospective Validation Study of the Dutch Life- Orientation Test-Revised (LOT-R-A) for Adolescents

Psychologica Belgica
Volume 61 (2021): Issue 1
By: Anne Kennes,  Sanne Peeters,  Mayke Janssens,  Jennifer Reijnders,  Marianne Simons,  Johan Lataster and  Nele Jacobs  
Open Access
|Mar 2021

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.5334/pb.799 | Journal eISSN: 0033-2879
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Language: English
Submitted on: Jul 27, 2020
Accepted on: Feb 25, 2021
Published on: Mar 18, 2021
Published by: Ubiquity Press
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 1 issue per year
Keywords:
psychometric properties,
positive mental health,
well-being,
adolescence,
optimism

© 2021 Anne Kennes, Sanne Peeters, Mayke Janssens, Jennifer Reijnders, Marianne Simons, Johan Lataster, Nele Jacobs, published by Ubiquity Press
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