Author of the Book on the Psychology of Defensive Pessimism

Julie K. Norem, Ph.D., is a professor of personality psychology at Wellesley College in Wellesley, MA USA. This new book makes her psychological research on pessimism, anxiety, and worry available to the general public. "The Positive Power of Negative Thinking: Using Defensive Pessimism to Harness Anxiety and Perform at Your Peak" is now published in English, Chinese, Japanese, Korean, German, Greek, Polish, Spanish, and Swedish editions -- with more language editions coming later in 2004.