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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Smith, Timothy W
• Ruiz, John M
• Cundiff, Jenny M
• Baron, Kelly G
• Nealey-Moore, Jill B

Titel

Optimism and Pessimism in Social Context: An Interpersonal Perspective on Resilience and Risk

Ist Teil von

• Journal of research in personality, 2013-10, Vol.47 (5), p.553-562

Ort / Verlag

United States

Erscheinungsjahr

2013

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Quelle

Elsevier ScienceDirect Journals

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• Using the interpersonal perspective, we examined social correlates of dispositional optimism. In Study 1, optimism and pessimism were associated with warm-dominant and hostile-submissive interpersonal styles, respectively, across four samples, and had expected associations with social support and interpersonal stressors. In 300 married couples, Study 2 replicated these findings regarding interpersonal styles, using self-reports and spouse ratings. Optimism-pessimism also had significant actor and partner associations with marital quality. In Study 3 (120 couples), husbands' and wives' optimism predicted increases in their own marital adjustment over time, and husbands' optimism predicted increases in wives' marital adjustment. Thus, the interpersonal perspective is a useful integrative framework for examining social processes that could contribute to associations of optimism-pessimism with physical health and emotional adjustment.