Always looking on the bright side of life? Exploring optimism and health in three UK post-industrial urban settings | Zendy

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Always looking on the bright side of life? Exploring optimism and health in three UK post-industrial urban settings

Author(s) -

David Walsh,

Gerry McCartney,

Sarah McCullough,

Marjon van der Pol,

D Buchanan,

Russell Jones

Publication year - 2015

Publication title -

journal of public health

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.916

H-Index - 82

eISSN - 1741-3850

pISSN - 1741-3842

DOI - 10.1093/pubmed/fdv077

Subject(s) - optimism , environmental health , public health , psychology , environmental planning , medicine , geography , social psychology , nursing

Many theories have been proposed to explain the high levels of 'excess' mortality (i.e. higher mortality over and above that explained by differences in socio-economic circumstances) shown in Scotland-and, especially, in its largest city, Glasgow-compared with elsewhere in the UK. One such proposal relates to differences in optimism, given previously reported evidence of the health benefits of an optimistic outlook.

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