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Index
COVER PAGE
TITLE PAGE
COPYRIGHT PAGE
1 PREAMBLE TO A CONTRARIAN VIEW
2 ACCENTUATING THE NEGATIVE: A STRATEGY, NOT A SYMPTOM
THE DEFENSIVE PESSIMIST
THE STRATEGIC OPTIMIST
COMPARING STRATEGIES
VARIETIES OF PESSIMISM AND OPTIMISM
MEASURING DEFENSIVE PESSIMISM AND STRATEGIC OPTIMISM
3 WHAT IT’S ALL ABOUT: THE PROBLEM OF ANXIETY
WHY DOES ANXIETY INTERFERE?
HOW DOES ANXIETY INTERFERE?
HOW DO DEFENSIVE PESSIMISTS MANAGE ANXIETY?
NOT JUST PESSIMISM
NOT JUST PLANNING
4 WHY CAN’T A PESSIMIST BE MORE LIKE AN OPTIMIST?
CAN’T DEFENSIVE PESSIMISTS JUST “LOOK ON THE BRIGHT SIDE”?
CAN’T DEFENSIVE PESSIMISTS JUST GET THEIR MINDS OFF THEIR WORRIES?
CAN’T DEFENSIVE PESSIMISTS “JUST RELAX” OR “THINK POSITIVELY”?
FROM THE LABORATORY TO REAL LIFE
CAN’T DEFENSIVE PESSIMISTS JUST BE HAPPY?
DON’T MESS WITH MY STRATEGY— I’M DOING FINE ON MY OWN
STRATEGIES AS ALTERNATIVE TOOLS
5 TAKING COVER: THE AVOIDER AND THE SELF-HANDICAPPER
THE AVOIDER
THE SELF-HANDICAPPER
COMPARING THE TOOLS
6 NEGATIVE THINKING VERSUS POSITIVE ILLUSIONS
POSITIVE ILLUSIONS REVISITED
ARE DEFENSIVE PESSIMISTS DEFENSELESS?
EXPLANATORY STYLES
HOPE
TOLERATING NEGATIVE EMOTION
SETTING GOALS
FOLLOWING THROUGH
NEGATIVE SELF-KNOWLEDGE AND SELF-IMPROVEMENT
DEFENSIVE PESSIMISM AS SELF-THERAPY
WHOSE REALITY IS IT, ANYWAY?
7 NO SIZE FITS ALL: DIFFERENT FOLKS, DIFFERENT STRATEGIES
STRATEGIES AND PERFORMANCE
MOOD AND MOTIVATION
MOOD, PERSONALITY, AND STRATEGIES
THE PERILS OF POSITIVE MOOD
STRATEGIES, MOOD, AND MEMORY
8 WHEN STRATEGIES CLASH: SAME BOAT DIFFERENT STROKES
FIRST IMPRESSIONS
STRATEGIES AND ONGOING INTERACTIONS
DEFENSIVE PESSIMISTS AND STRATEGIC OPTIMISTS: THE CLASH
NEGOTIATING RELATIONSHIPS
THREATENED EGOTISM: THE DARK SIDE OF THE DARK SIDE POSITIVE SELF-CONCEPTS
CULTURE, STRATEGIES, AND THE CLASH
9 DARK SIDE, BRIGHT SIDE, MY SIDE: PROSPECTS FOR CHANGE
STRATEGY PERILS AND PROSPECTS
RUN—HERE COME A DEFENSIVE PESSIMIST!
CAN’T SEE THE FOREST FOR THE TREES
STRATEGIC OPTIMISTS: DO THEY EVER SEE PAST “ME” AND GET TO THE TREES?
CARICATURE, CHARACTER, AND STRATEGY
THE POSITIVE POWER OF NEGATIVE THINKING
REFERENCES
CHAPTER 1
CHAPTER 2
CHAPTER 3
CHAPTER 4
CHAPTER 5
CHAPTER 6
CHAPTER 7
CHAPTER 8
CHAPTER 9
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
INDEX
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
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