title: Emotional stability, positive and wishful thinking, and consequences of coping in a Spanish sample.
abstract: The relationship between scores on Emotional Stability and on two cognitive coping strategies-Positive Thinking and Wishful Thinking-and the Consequences of Coping scale were examined in a group of 99 Spanish undergraduates. Positive Thinking was associated with high Emotional Stability and positive consequences, whereas Wishful Thinking was associated with low Emotional Stability and negative consequences.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Personalidad, Evaluación y Tratamiento Psicológico, Facultad de Psicología, Universidad de Málaga, Campus de Teatinos, s/n, Málaga (C.P.: 29071), Spain. vmruiz@uma.es
authors.forename: Víctor M
authors.initials: VM
authors.lastname: Ruiz
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000328:Adult; D000339:Affect; D003469:Culture; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D013030:Spain; D013850:Thinking