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Dispositional Optimism and Coping: A Meta-Analytic Review
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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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- Authors
- Nes, L. S., & Segerstrom, S. C.
- Affiliations
- University of Kentucky (US)
- 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
- OpenAlex
- W2003934122
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- 1,000
- References
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- FWCI
- 2.41
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- 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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