Construct validation of optimism and pessimism in older men: findings from the normative aging study.
Construct validation of optimism and pessimism in older men: findings from the normative aging study.
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构建老年男性乐观和悲观主义的验证：规范老龄化研究的结果。
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10.1037//0278-6133.12.5.406
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1993
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Bossé,R
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Mroczek,DK;Spiro3rd,A;Aldwin,CM;Ozer,DJ;Bossé,R
Scheier 和 Carver (1985) 的生活取向测试 (LOT) 的验证已确定双相乐观主义与几种外部结构之间的关联。然而，乐观和悲观可能不是两极的，而是不同的结构。此外，这些结构可能与神经质和外向性等人格特征无法区分。这项研究检查了乐观和悲观情绪的单独测量与麻烦、心理症状和疾病严重程度的自我报告之间的关系，并控制了性格。规范性老龄化研究中有 1,192 名男性参与。研究结果表明，乐观主义和悲观主义是分开的，当神经质和外向性受到控制时，它们与外部标准的关系仍然存在，尽管有所减弱。
Validation of Scheier and Carver's (1985) Life Orientation Test (LOT) has identified associations between bipolar optimism and several external constructs. However, optimism and pessimism may be not bipolar, but rather separate constructs. Furthermore, these constructs may be indistinguishable from personality traits, such as neuroticism and extraversion. This study examined the associations of separate optimism and pessimism measures with self-reports of hassles, psychological symptoms, and illness severity, controlling for personality. Ss were 1,192 men from the Normative Aging Study. Findings suggest that optimism and pessimism are separate and that their relations to external criteria remain, although attenuated, when neuroticism and extraversion are controlled.