One Cannot Really Know the Causal Mechanisms Involved in the Health-Optimism

question 49

Multiple Choice

One cannot really know the causal mechanisms involved in the health-optimism link because:

• A)most of the research is correlational.
• B)it is difficult to measure optimism.
• C)most of the research is non-correlational.
• D)optimism has only recently been studieD.

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