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Optimism and Economic Choice [PDF]
This paper presents some of the first large-scale survey evidence linking optimism to major economic choices. We create a novel measure of optimism using the Survey of Consumer Finance by comparing a person's self-reported life expectancy to that implied
David Robinson, Manju Puri
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Evaluating Measures of Optimism and Sport Confidence [PDF]
, 2016 The psychometric properties of the Life Orientation Test-Revised (LOT-R), the Sport Confidence Inventory (SCI), and the Carolina SCI (CSCI) were examined in a study involving 260 athletes. The study aimed to test the dimensional structure, convergent and
Furst, Andrea +5 more
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Optimism and perseverance: Examining interrelations with test anxiety and academic achievement
Social Sciences and Humanities OpenOver the past two decades, there has been increasing attention in research into associations between student well-being and academic achievement. Notably, dimensions of perseverance and optimism have been found to influence students positively.
Kah Loong Chue, May Li Lim
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, 2013 The present study examined the relationship between dispositional optimism and physical wellbeing (as reflected in physical symptom reporting) in two groups of American and Jordanian college students.
Yacoub Khallad, Khallad, Yacoub
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The mediating role of academic optimism in the relationship between academic self-regulation, academic self-efficacy, and academic passion in medical students exhibiting self-handicapping behaviors [PDF]
Research and Development in Medical EducationBackground: Academic self-regulation, academic self-efficacy, and academic passion are crucial factors in medical students’ academic success. However, self-handicapping behaviors, such as procrastinating, making excuses, or setting unrealistic goals, can
Seyyed Gholamreza Jafari +3 more
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Unrealistic Optimism about Exogenous Events: An Experimental Test [PDF]
An experiment is designed to test if individuals show (unrealistic) optimism when determining their subjective probabilities about exogenous circumstances.
Muren, Astri
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The manufacture of hope : religion, eschatology and the culture of optimism [PDF]
, 2011 This article builds on earlier research, which concludes that societies cannot sustain themselves without cultures of optimism. These cultures are reproduced by a complex of ‘optimism promoters’, all of which can be seen to be engaged in a kind of ...
Oliver Bennett, Bennett, Oliver
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Psychiatry InternationalDepression is one of the most common disorders worldwide, including in Mexico. Engagement coping and optimism promote mental health, so understanding the mediation of optimism between coping strategies with depression helps to identify the psychological ...
Jorge Palacios-Delgado +2 more
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, 1966 The optimist may be secretly envied, but he is publicly despised. His pronouncements are regarded as expressions of simple-minded blindness or as cynical propaganda. Optimism is not regarded as intellectually respectable. It was not always so: there have
Maggie Boden (4460329)
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Development of Academic Optimism Model in Learning for Junior High School Students [PDF]
, 2021 Academic optimism has an essential role in the adjustment of students in school. This study aimed to examine a model of academic optimism formed from democratic parenting, school climate, internal locus of control, and students’ self-concept.
Setyosari, Punaji +3 more
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