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Bossong, B. (2001). Optimism as a Moderator of the Effect of State Orientation on the Evaluation of Negative Life Events. In: Efklides, A., Kuhl, J., Sorrentino, R.M. (eds) Trends and Prospects in Motivation Research. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/0-306-47676-2_18
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