TY  - GEN
A1  - Tetzner, Julia
A1  - Becker, Michael
T1  - How being an optimist makes a difference
BT  - the protective role of optimism in adolescents’ adjustment to parental separation
T2  - Postprints der Universität Potsdam : Humanwissenschaftliche Reihe
N2  - This longitudinal study of N = 1,566 adolescents investigated the protective role of optimism in adjustment to parental separation, focusing on two salient challenges faced by adolescents, namely academic achievement and self-esteem. Based on latent change models, the results indicated associations between parental separation and short-term declines in academic achievement as well as short-term and longer term declines in self-esteem. Although optimism in general showed positive associations with academic achievement and self-esteem, its role as a protective factor proved to be particularly important for academic achievement in adjustment following parental separation.
T3  - Zweitveröffentlichungen der Universität Potsdam : Humanwissenschaftliche Reihe - 396 
KW  - parental separation
KW  - optimism
KW  - academic achievement
KW  - self-esteem
KW  - longitudinal study
Y1  - 2018
U6  - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus4-404537
IS  - 396
ER  -