How being an optimist makes a difference
- 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.
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| Author details: | Julia TetznerORCiDGND, Michael Becker |
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| URN: | urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus4-404537 |
| Title of parent work (English): | Postprints der Universität Potsdam : Humanwissenschaftliche Reihe |
| Subtitle (English): | the protective role of optimism in adolescents’ adjustment to parental separation |
| Publication series (Volume number): | Zweitveröffentlichungen der Universität Potsdam : Humanwissenschaftliche Reihe (396) |
| Publication type: | Postprint |
| Language: | English |
| Date of first publication: | 2018/04/20 |
| Publication year: | 2015 |
| Publishing institution: | Universität Potsdam |
| Release date: | 2018/04/20 |
| Tag: | academic achievement; longitudinal study; optimism; parental separation; self-esteem |
| Issue: | 396 |
| Number of pages: | 9 |
| Source: | Social Psychological and Personality Science 6 (2015) 3, S. 325-333 DOI: 10.1177/1948550614559605 |
| Organizational units: | Humanwissenschaftliche Fakultät |
| DDC classification: | 1 Philosophie und Psychologie / 15 Psychologie / 150 Psychologie |
| Peer review: | Referiert |
| Publishing method: | Open Access |
| Grantor: | Sage |
| License (German): |  Keine öffentliche Lizenz: Unter Urheberrechtsschutz |
| External remark: | Bibliographieeintrag der Originalveröffentlichung/Quelle |
