Dispositional Optimism and Coping: A Meta-Analytic Review

Nes, Lise Solberg; Segerstrom, Suzanne C.

doi:10.1207/s15327957pspr1003_3

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Dispositional Optimism and Coping: A Meta-Analytic Review

Nes, Lise Solberg, Segerstrom, Suzanne C.·2006·Personality and Social Psychology Review

DOI 10.1207/s15327957pspr1003_3

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The relation between dispositional optimism and better adjustment to diverse stressors may be attributable to optimism's effects on coping strategies. A meta-analytic review ( K = 50, N = 11,629) examined the impact of dispositional optimism on coping. Dispositional optimism was found to be positively associated with approach coping strategies aiming to eliminate, reduce, or manage stressors or emotions ( r = .17), and negatively associated with avoidance coping strategies seeking to ignore, avoid, or withdraw from stressors or emotions ( r = -.21). Effect sizes were larger for the distinction between approach and avoidance coping strategies than for that between problem and emotion-focused coping. Meta-analytic findings also indicate that optimists may adjust their coping strategies to meet the demands of the stressors at hand, and that the optimism-coping relationship is strongest in English-speaking samples.

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Placebo and Nocebo Effects: The Advantage of Measuring Expectations and Psychological Factors
Corsi, N., & Colloca, L. (2017) · Frontiers in Psychology · doi:10.3389/fpsyg.2017.00308 · Cited by 170 · see citing works
The nocebo effect of drugs
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Optimism and pessimism in the general population: Psychometric properties of the Life Orientation Test (LOT-R)
Hinz, A., Sander, C., Glaesmer, H., Brähler, E., Zenger, M., Hilbert, A., & Kocalevent, R. (2017) · International Journal of Clinical and Health Psychology · doi:10.1016/j.ijchp.2017.02.003 · Cited by 158 · see citing works
Optimism: An enduring resource for romantic relationships.
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Is optimism universal? A meta-analytical investigation of optimism levels across 22 nations
Fischer, R. D., & Chalmers, A. (2008) · Personality and Individual Differences · doi:10.1016/j.paid.2008.05.008 · Cited by 153 · see citing works
Self-Forgiveness and Restoration of an Offender Following an Interpersonal Transgression
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Resilient Aging: Psychological Well-Being and Social Well-Being as Targets for the Promotion of Healthy Aging
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Exploring coping and optimism as predictors of academic burnout and performance among university students
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Self-Reported Experience of Bullying of Students Who Stutter: Relations with Life Satisfaction, Life Orientation, and Self-Esteem
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Upward social comparison on social network sites and depressive symptoms: A moderated mediation model of self-esteem and optimism
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The Cambridge Handbook of Personality Psychology
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The Situational Version of the Brief COPE: Dimensionality and Relationships With Goal-Related Variables
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Community Violence Exposure and Adolescent Delinquency
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Understanding the impact of exposure to adverse socioeconomic conditions on chronic stress from a complexity science perspective
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Maternal adverse childhood experiences, mental health, and child behaviour at age 3: The all our families community cohort study
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Relations among EEG-alpha asymmetry, BIS/BAS, and dispositional optimism
Pascalis, V. D., Cozzuto, G., Caprara, G. V., & Alessandri, G. (2013) · Biological Psychology · doi:10.1016/j.biopsycho.2013.05.016 · Cited by 108 · see citing works
Genetic and Environmental Influences on Optimism and its Relationship to Mental and Self-Rated Health: A Study of Aging Twins
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Personality and Coping: Individual Differences in Responses to Emotion
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Changes in Optimism Are Associated With Changes in Health Over Time Among Older Adults
Chopik, W. J., Kim, E. S., & Smith, J. (2015) · Social Psychological and Personality Science · doi:10.1177/1948550615590199 · Cited by 104 · see citing works
The costs of optimism and the benefits of pessimism.
Sweeny, K. M., & Shepperd, J. A. (2010) · Emotion · doi:10.1037/a0019016 · Cited by 103 · see citing works
I want to quit education: a longitudinal study of stress and optimism as predictors of school dropout intention.
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Risk perception and optimism during the early stages of the COVID-19 pandemic
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Stress, Energy, and Immunity
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Silver Spoons and Platinum Plans: How Childhood Environment Affects Adult Health Care Decisions
Mittal, C., & Griskevicius, V. (2016) · Journal of Consumer Research · doi:10.1093/jcr/ucw046 · Cited by 99 · see citing works
Life stress, maternal optimism, and adolescent competence in single mother, African American families.
Taylor, Z., Larsen‐Rife, D., Conger, R. D., Widaman, K. F., & Cutrona, C. E. (2010) · Journal of Family Psychology · doi:10.1037/a0019870 · Cited by 97 · see citing works
Increasing optimism abolishes pain-induced impairments in executive task performance
Boselie, J. J. L. M., Vancleef, L. M. G., Smeets, T., & Peters, M. L. (2013) · Pain · doi:10.1016/j.pain.2013.10.014 · Cited by 96 · see citing works
Personality Factors and Their Impact on PTSD and Post-traumatic Growth is Mediated by Coping Style Among OIF/OEF Veterans
Mattson, E. K., James, L. M., & Engdahl, B. E. (2018) · Military Medicine · doi:10.1093/milmed/usx201 · Cited by 99 · see citing works
Individual preferences of digital touchpoints: A latent class analysis
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Optimism and the Experience of Pain: Benefits of Seeing the Glass as Half Full
Goodin, B. R., & Bulls, H. W. (2013) · Current Pain and Headache Reports · doi:10.1007/s11916-013-0329-8 · Cited by 95 · see citing works
Managing the Transition: The Role of Optimism and Self-Efficacy for First-Year Australian University Students
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Ageism and aging anxiety among young adults: relationships with contact, knowledge, fear of death, and optimism
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The relationship between exposure to terror through the media, coping strategies and resources, and distress and secondary traumatization.
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Self‐specific Optimism Bias in Belief Updating Is Associated with High Trait Optimism
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Authors: Nes, L. S., & Segerstrom, S. C.
Affiliations: University of Kentucky (US)
ORCID: Nes, Lise Solberg
Segerstrom, Suzanne C.
Venue: Personality and Social Psychology Review
Publisher: SAGE Publications
Published: 2006-08
Volume: 10
Issue: 3
Pages: 235-251
ISSN: 1088-8683 (ISSN-L)
1532-7957
DOI: 10.1207/s15327957pspr1003_3
OpenAlex: W2003934122
Cited by: 1,000
References: 90
Citations by year: 2026: 25 · 2025: 44 · 2024: 69 · 2023: 43 · 2022: 76 · 2021: 76 · 2020: 107 · 2019: 53 · 2018: 77 · 2017: 50 · 2016: 48 · 2015: 58 · 2014: 51 · 2013: 50 · 2012: 52
FWCI: 2.41
Type: journal article
Language: en
Open access: closed
Licence: journals.sagepub.com/page/policies/text-and-data-mining-license (tdm)
Locations: Personality and Social Psychology Review (publishedVersion)
PubMed (publishedVersion)
Topics: Social Sciences › Psychology › Applied Psychology › Optimism, Hope, and Well-being
Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes
Social Sciences › Psychology › Developmental and Educational Psychology › Student Stress and Coping
Keywords: dispositional optimism, coping strategies, approach coping, avoidance coping, problem-focused coping, emotion-focused coping, stressors, psychological adjustment, language influence
MeSH terms: Adaptation, Psychological, Defense Mechanisms, Emotions, Humans, Internal-External Control, Set, Psychology, Stress, Psychological, Temperament

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