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What Leads to Wellness?

The Role of Psychological Resources in Well-Being

Owen Richard Lightsey, Jr.

The University of Memphis

An expanding literature reveals that personality traits and psychological resources (PRs) are important in human well-being. In this article, the author reviews the literature regarding four PRs (positive thoughts, hardiness, generalized self-efficacy, and optimism), discusses the relationships among PRs and between PRs and personality characteristics, and proposes a theory that helps to account for current findings. Specific hypotheses are proposed, and implications for the practice of counseling psychology are discussed.

The Counseling Psychologist, Vol. 24, No. 4, 589-735 (1996)
DOI: 10.1177/0011000096244002
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