A New Measure of Children's Optimism and Pessimism: The Youth Life Orientation Test

Autor/inn/en	Ey, Sydney; Hadley, Wendy; Allen, Deanna Nuttbrock; Palmer, Shawna; Klosky, James; Deptula, Daneen; Thomas, Jay; Cohen, Robert
Titel	A New Measure of Children's Optimism and Pessimism: The Youth Life Orientation Test
Quelle	In: Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 46 (2005) 5, S.548-558 (11 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0021-9630
DOI	10.1111/j.1469-7610.2004.00372.x
Schlagwörter	Behavior Problems; Measurement Techniques; Grade 6; Depression (Psychology); Well Being; Children; Reliability; Validity; Student Attitudes; Correlation; Prediction; Parents; Student Behavior; Anxiety; Grade 3; Grade 4; Grade 5; Social Adjustment; Learning Problems; Elementary Education; Middle Schools + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Messtechnik; School year 06; 6. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 06; Well-being; Wellness; Wohlbefinden; Child; Kind; Kinder; Reliabilität; Gültigkeit; Schülerverhalten; Korrelation; Vorhersage; Eltern; Student behaviour; Angst; School year 03; 3. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 03; School year 04; 4. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 04; School year 05; 5. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 05; Soziale Anpassung; Lernproblem; Elementarunterricht; Middle school; Mittelschule; Mittelstufenschule
Abstract	Background: Optimism and pessimism are positive and negative expectations linked with well-being in adults. Research on the importance of optimism and pessimism in children is limited by the lack of a developmentally appropriate measure of children's expectations. Method: Based upon the Life Orientation Test-Revised (Scheier, Carver, & Bridges, 1994), the Youth Life Orientation Test (YLOT) is a sixteen-item self-report measure of children's optimism and pessimism. Results: Reliability and validity of the YLOT was found with 204 3rd-6th graders. Optimism also predicted fewer child-reported depressive symptoms and parent-reported behavior problems assessed three months later. Pessimism predicted more child-reported anxiety symptoms and parent-reported social and academic deficits. (As Provided).
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