title: Rediscovering confidence as a mechanism and optimism as a construct.
abstract: The target article asserts that resilience results from a generalized tendency to appraise stressful circumstances positively. Apparently unbeknownst to the authors, essentially the same idea has been advanced before and studied extensively from a different research perspective. This raises a broader issue: the critical need, when projects attempt to span disciplines, to fully examine work from all relevant backgrounds.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology,University of Miami,Coral Gables,FL 33124ccarver@miami.eduhttp://www.psy.miami.edu/faculty/ccarver/
authors.forename: Charles S
authors.initials: CS
authors.lastname: Carver
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology,Carnegie Mellon University,Pittsburgh,PA 15213.scheier@cmu.eduhttp://www.psy.cmu.edu/people/scheier.html.
authors.forename: Michael F
authors.initials: MF
authors.lastname: Scheier
mesh_terms: D004644:Emotions; D006801:Humans; D008606:Mental Processes; D000067656:Optimism; D012649:Self Concept