Do optimism and pessimism have different relationships with personality dimensions? A re-examination
dc.contributor.author | Kam, C. | |
dc.contributor.author | Meyer, John | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2017-01-30T12:15:47Z | |
dc.date.available | 2017-01-30T12:15:47Z | |
dc.date.created | 2017-01-16T19:30:22Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2012 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Kam, C. and Meyer, J. 2012. Do optimism and pessimism have different relationships with personality dimensions? A re-examination. Personality and Individual Differences. 52 (2): pp. 123-127. | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/19793 | |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1016/j.paid.2011.09.011 | |
dc.description.abstract |
The classic, well-cited study by Marshall et al. (1992) demonstrated that optimism correlates stronger with extraversion than does pessimism and pessimism correlates stronger with neuroticism than does optimism, and these results lent support to their claim that optimism and pessimism are two separate constructs. However, we argued that their results are likely the outcome of scale artefact caused by item valence (or item favorability). In an empirical study (N=1016), we evaluated the correlation of optimism scores and pessimism scores with the most common measure of optimism - Life Orientation Test-Revised (LOT-R). As expected, when item valence effect was not controlled, we replicated the finding by Marshall et al. (1992) that optimism and pessimism show differential correlations with extraversion and neuroticism. After item valence was controlled such pattern of relationships was greatly reduced. Suggestions for future research to resolve the dimensionality debate for optimism-pessimism are discussed. | |
dc.publisher | Pergamon Press | |
dc.title | Do optimism and pessimism have different relationships with personality dimensions? A re-examination | |
dc.type | Journal Article | |
dcterms.source.volume | 52 | |
dcterms.source.number | 2 | |
dcterms.source.startPage | 123 | |
dcterms.source.endPage | 127 | |
dcterms.source.issn | 0191-8869 | |
dcterms.source.title | Personality and Individual Differences | |
curtin.department | School of Management | |
curtin.accessStatus | Fulltext not available |
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