AUTHOR=Schiavon Cecilia C. , Marchetti Eduarda , Gurgel Léia G. , Busnello Fernanda M. , Reppold Caroline T. TITLE=Optimism and Hope in Chronic Disease: A Systematic Review JOURNAL=Frontiers in Psychology VOLUME=7 YEAR=2017 URL=https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/psychology/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2016.02022 DOI=10.3389/fpsyg.2016.02022 ISSN=1664-1078 ABSTRACT=
There is a growing recognition that positive psychological functioning (which includes constructs such as optimism and hope) influences health. However, the understanding of these underlying mechanisms in relation to health is limited. Therefore, this review sought to identify what the scientific literature says about the influence of optimism and hope on chronic disease treatment. A search was conducted in the PsycINFO, Scopus, Pubmed, and Web of Science databases using the indexing terms