The relationship between optimism-pessimism, loneliness, and death anxiety

Davis, Stephen F.; Miller, Kaira M.; Johnson, Donna; McAuley, Kameron; Dinges, Deanna

doi:10.3758/bf03330419

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“…Optimists rely more on problem-focused coping strategies, while pessimists are more likely to engage in emotion-focused coping (Brissette, 2002;Strutton & Lumpkin, 1993). Optimists may have better social support to accomplish their tasks (Davis, Hanson, Edson, & Ziegler, 1992). The broaden-and-build theory of positive emotions suggests that positive emotions (e.g., happiness, interest, anticipation) broaden one's awareness and encourage novel, varied, and exploratory thoughts and actions.…”

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Anxiety, Optimism and Academic Achievement among Students of Private Medical and Engineering Colleges: A Comparative Study

Singh¹,

Jha²

2013

JEDP

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Courses related to medical and engineering fields are quite extensive and demanding, which often lead to stress and anxiety among students. As optimism was hypothesized to reduce anxiety and enhance academic achievement, the purpose of the current study was to assess the level of anxiety and its relation with optimism and academic achievement among medical and engineering students. Since these two courses differ in many aspects and the gender roles in the society are changing, the secondary objective of the study was to find differences in anxiety, optimism and academic achievement across genders and academic majors. A total of 346 students (171 medical and 175 engineering) from 3 medical and 4 engineering colleges of Uttar Pradesh, India participated in the study. Academic results of the latest two semesters were considered as academic achievement of the students, whereas anxiety and optimism were tested using Sinha's Comprehensive Anxiety Test (SCAT, 2007), and Learned Optimism Scale (LOS, 2000) respectively. Both measures are constructed and standardized on Indian students. Results revealed that anxiety had a significant negative relationship with optimism and academic achievement, whereas a significant positive relationship was found between optimism and academic achievement. Significant differences were revealed between medical and engineering students, but the gender differences in the variables under study were insignificant. The results of this study provide insights for faculty members and institutions for better academic performance of the students.

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Anxiety, Optimism and Academic Achievement among Students of Private Medical and Engineering Colleges: A Comparative Study

Singh¹,

Jha²

2013

JEDP

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“…Lonely individuals tend to score high on negative intrapersonal traits like pessimism (Davis, Hanson, Edson, & Ziegler, 1992;Ernst & Cacioppo, 1998). Loneliness is also strongly negatively correlated with happiness (Booth, Bartlett, & Bohansock, 1992) and life satisfaction (Riggio, Watring, & Throckmorton, 1993).…”

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Loneliness in North America and Spain

Rokach¹,

Moya

Orzeck³

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In the present study we examined the influence of cultural background on the experience of loneliness. A total of 637 participants from North America and 454 from Spain volunteered to answer an 82-item questionnaire which examined the quality of their loneliness experiences. The factors which comprise the experience of loneliness are Emotional distress, Social inadequacy and alienation, Growth and discovery, Interpersonal isolation, and Self alienation. Results indicated that cultural background, indeed, affects the experience of loneliness.

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“…Bazı çalışmalarda ise yalnızlık ile benlik saygısı arasında olumsuz yönde ilişkiler bulunmuştur (Baran, Baran ve Maskan, 2015;Erözkan, 2009;Güloğlu ve Karaırmak, 2010;Shaheen vd., 2014). Ayrıca yapılan çalışmalarda yalnızlık ile iyimserlik arasında da olumsuz yönde ilişkiler bulunmuştur (Ben-Zur, 2012;Davis, Hanson, Edson ve Ziegler, 1992;Davis, Miller, Johnson, McAuley ve Dinges, 1992). Sonuç olarak yalnız insanların genellikle düşük bir benlik saygısına sahip oldukları, iyimser olmadıkları, kötümser ve mutsuz oldukları ve yaşamdan doyum almadıkları, bir başka deyişle pozitifliklerinin düşük olduğu söylenebilir.…”

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Multiple Mediation of Emotion Regulation Strategies in the Relationship between Loneliness and Positivity in Adolescents

Yıldız

2016

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The relationship between optimism-pessimism, loneliness, and death anxiety

Cited by 28 publications

References 12 publications

Anxiety, Optimism and Academic Achievement among Students of Private Medical and Engineering Colleges: A Comparative Study

Anxiety, Optimism and Academic Achievement among Students of Private Medical and Engineering Colleges: A Comparative Study

Loneliness in North America and Spain

Multiple Mediation of Emotion Regulation Strategies in the Relationship between Loneliness and Positivity in Adolescents

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