Gregoire, Carolyn. (2012). Positive Thinking Tips: 10 Ways To Overcome Negativity And
Become More Optimistic. Huff Post Lifestyle Less Stress, More Living. Retrieved from: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/12/09/positive-thinking-tips-10_n_2252944.html In the article titled “Positive Thinking Tips: 10 Ways To Overcome Negativity And Become More Optimistic,” author Carolyn Gregoire discusses how anyone can acquire positive thinking with some personal motivation. Carolyn lists ten techniques to help individuals obtain positive thinking by eliminating negative thinking and taking control of our own thought patterns. This is a reliable source. This source was obtained in the Huffington Post, a respected online newspaper. The author Carolyn Gregoire is a respected writer. She has moderated discussions at the Harvard Forum of Public Health and The National Eating Disorder Association annual conference, and Carolyn’s writing has also been published in Seventeen, BlackBook Magazine, and she is currently the Associate Lifestyle Editor of the Huffington Post.
Lightsey, O. R., Gharghani, G. G., Katz, A. M. McKinney, V. A. & Rarey, E. B. (2013). Positive
Automatic Cognitions Mediate the Relationship Between Personality and Trait Positive Affect. Academic OneFile, Journal of Happiness Studies 14(1), 115. Retrieved from: http://go.galegroup.com.ezp00rrw.lirn.net/ps/i.do?id=GALE%7CA321332111&v=2.1&u=lirn94149&it=r&p=GPS&sw=w
In Positive Automatic Cognitions Mediate the Relationship Between Personality and Trait Positive Affect, the authors Lightsey, O. R., Gharghani, G. G., Katz, A. M. McKinney, V. A. & Rarey, E. B. focus on research (tests), which they conducted on whether positive automatic thoughts (PATs) mediated the relationship between extraversion, neuroticism, and PA among 199 college students. This is a scholarly source. The authors, Owen Richard Lightsey, George Gharibian Gharghani,
References: Gregoire, Carolyn. (2012). Positive Thinking Tips: 10 Ways To Overcome Negativity And Become More Optimistic