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Geography
Countries
United States of America (1776 USA)
States of the US
State Universities
University of California
UC Riverside (1907 as Citrus Experiment Station)
Riverside Faculty
Kate Sweeny
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Children
Opinion: The next eight days could be torture. Or you could try this. (xlnt)
Pre-emptive benefit finding boosts emotional well-being while waiting, buffers the blow of bad news, and does not consistently undermine joy in response to good news.
The best strategy for managing uncertainty, she and her colleagues have found, is to cultivate optimism, on purpose, and then, at the 11th hour (or on Election Day, in this case), wallow in pessimism.