title: Do sex and perception of immediate stress affect optimism?
abstract: The purpose was to assess differences in mean optimism scores of men and women of low immediate stress (23 men, 28 women) and high immediate stress (11 men, 34 women). Using factorial analysis of variance, mean differences on the Coping Resources Inventory, Cognitive Domain, were not significant for sex, immediate stress, or their interaction.
authors.affiliation: Athens State University, AL 35611, USA.
authors.forename: M W
authors.initials: MW
authors.lastname: Durm
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000328:Adult; D001290:Attitude; D005260:Female; D005783:Gender Identity; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010555:Personality Inventory; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000150:complications* / Q000523:psychology