“What did you mean?”: Marriage in E. D. E. N. Southworth's Novels

Weinstein, Cindy

doi:10.5250/legacy.27.1.43

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“…The question of whether economic indicators predict people's optimistic expectations about the length and quality of their personal future has not been addressed in previous research. The tendency to be optimistic is robust, with people remaining optimistic even when provided with more realistic evidence or indicators (Rothman, Klein, & Weinstein, 1996;Weinstein & Klein, 1995;Weinstein & Lyon, 1999). There is evidence, however, that personal experience with negative events, such as surviving an earthquake or radiation leak, is related to reduced unrealistic optimism (Dolinski, Gromski, & Zawisza, 1987;Helweg-Larsen, 1999).…”

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Economic indicators predict changes in college student optimism for life events

Lench

Bench

2014

J Applied Social Pyschol

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This investigation explored the extent to which an economic recession predicted changes in college students' optimism about the length and quality of their futures. In a cross-sectional design, college students in the United States rated their likelihood of divorcing, being unhappy in their career, and living past age 60, at time points before, during, and in the aftermath of an economic recession (2007)(2008)(2009)(2010). Economic indicators, particularly gas prices, predicted decreased optimism as the indicators worsened. After the recession, however, optimism rebounded. The findings reveal that people's expectations for their personal futures are generally sensitive to the state of the national economy.Expectations about what will happen in the future guide decisions about how to behave in the present. People decide, for instance, whether it is worthwhile to eat healthy foods, take vaccinations, save money, or ask someone on a date based on what they believe is likely to happen if they pursue related actions. How and when large-scale national changes, such as an economic recession, predict changes in people's expectations for the future has not been assessed, but recent events provide an opportunity to examine this possibility and that was the purpose of this investigation.

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