Are optimism and cynical hostility associated with incident coronary heart disease and mortality in black and white women?
Psychological factors such as optimism and cynical hostility are independently associated with incident coronary heart disease and mortality in black and white women.
Optimism and cynical hostility are independently associated with important health outcomes in black and white women. Future research should examine whether interventions designed to change attitudes would lead to altered risk.
Tindle et al. (Tue,) studied this question.