The moderating role of pessimism in the association between retrospective relational peer victimization, interpersonal risk factors, and suicide ideation.
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DOI: 10.1002/ab.22003
Abstract: Peer victimization (PV) is a serious concern for youth and is associated with subsequent suicide ideation in young adulthood. The interpersonal theory of suicide may provide a framework for understanding suicide ideation in this population.… read more here.
Keywords: ideation; retrospective relational; pessimism; peer victimization ... See more keywords
The trait ‘pessimism’ does not interact with cognitive flexibility but makes rats more vulnerable to stress-induced motivational deficits: Results from the attentional set-shifting task
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DOI: 10.1016/j.bbr.2017.08.028
Abstract: In the present study, we have investigated the effects of the traits 'optimism' and 'pessimism' on cognitive flexibility in an animal model of depression based on chronic restraint stress. For this, first, we trained and… read more here.
Keywords: pessimism; set shifting; cognitive flexibility; stress ... See more keywords
A picture is worth a thousand words: Measuring investor sentiment by combining machine learning and photos from news
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jfineco.2021.06.002
Abstract: By applying machine learning to accurately and cost effectively classify photos based on sentiment, we introduce a daily market-level investor sentiment index (Photo Pessimism) from a large sample of news photos. Between 1926 and 2018,… read more here.
Keywords: photo pessimism; news; pessimism; machine learning ... See more keywords
The faces of pessimism
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DOI: 10.1017/s0140525x1800273x
Abstract: Abstract In this commentary on May's Regard for Reason in the Moral Mind, I argue that many of the interdisciplinary moral psychologists whom May terms “pessimists” are often considerably more optimistic about the prospects for… read more here.
Keywords: faces pessimism; pessimism;
Left Pessimism and Political Science
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DOI: 10.1017/s1537592716004102
Abstract: I examine why contemporary social scientists on the political left are relatively pessimistic about the public arena and its trajectory. To develop an answer, I explore subsidiary questions: What is the evidence of social scientists’… read more here.
Keywords: pessimism; pessimism political; left pessimism; political science ... See more keywords
Pessimism and fearfulness in dairy calves
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DOI: 10.1038/s41598-017-17214-3
Abstract: Animals that experience situations likely to induce negative emotions show changes in judgment associated with pessimism. Few studies have focused on whether animals express stable differences in pessimism and whether these differences are related to… read more here.
Keywords: dairy calves; judgment; individual differences; pessimism ... See more keywords
On pessimism in Australian ecology
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DOI: 10.1111/aec.12410
Abstract: In the face of massive human impacts upon the environment, a prevailing attitude among Australian ecologists seems to have become one of pessimism. The essay explores the consequences of this stance. Pessimism arises understandably from… read more here.
Keywords: australian ecology; pessimism australian; pessimism; ecology pessimism ... See more keywords
The Association of Dispositional Optimism and Pessimism With Cardiovascular Disease Events in Older Adults: A Prospective Cohort Study.
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DOI: 10.1177/08982643221083118
Abstract: Objective: Positive psychosocial factors may protect against cardiovascular disease (CVD). We aimed to determine the association of optimism and pessimism with CVD events in community-dwelling older adults. Methods: 11,651 adults aged 70 years and over, participants… read more here.
Keywords: older adults; pessimism; disease; optimism pessimism ... See more keywords
Political-Ideological Differences in Cultural Pessimism and Nostalgia Reflect People’s Evaluation of Their Nation’s Historical Developments
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DOI: 10.1177/19485506231173735
Abstract: Western conservatives are more focused on the past than are liberals: They experience stronger cultural pessimism and nostalgically yearn back for past society. We test the hypothesis that this ideological difference reflects long-term national-historical developments,… read more here.
Keywords: pessimism nostalgia; ideological differences; ideology; cultural pessimism ... See more keywords
Testosterone is not associated with traits of optimism or pessimism: Observational evidence from the prospective DETECT study
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DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0207870
Abstract: Background Previous experimental research on testosterone (T) and psychological traits is inconclusive. Thus, we performed the first large-scale observational study of the association between T and dispositional optimism / pessimism. Methods We used prospective data… read more here.
Keywords: pessimism; detect study; optimism pessimism; evidence ... See more keywords
Differential Effects of Optimism and Pessimism on Adolescents’ Subjective Well-Being: Mediating Roles of Reappraisal and Acceptance
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DOI: 10.3390/ijerph19127067
Abstract: Prior research has found the differential strength of optimism and pessimism in predicting physical health. However, whether similar findings would be obtained in predicting subjective well-being and the possible underlying mechanisms are still unclear. This… read more here.
Keywords: subjective well; life satisfaction; pessimism; reappraisal acceptance ... See more keywords