The hopeful optimist

By C. Carver, M. Scheier. 2002

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Psychological resilience and positive emotional granularity: examining the benefits of positive emotions on coping and health. (2004, background): “Cardiovascular health benefits associated with positive emotions are further suggested by research on optimism, a dispositional attribute characterized by chronic experiences of positive emotion (Carver & Scheier, 2002a,b).”
Optimism, self-esteem and personality: adaptation and validation of the Brazilian Version Of The Revised Life Orientation Test (LOT-R) (2014, background): “Carver and Scheier (1999) suggest that optimism is partly learned from previous experiences of success and failure.”
The power of positivity? The influence of positive psychological capital language on crowdfunding performance (2018, background): “Individuals higher in optimism tend to expect positive things to occur in the future (Carver and Scheier, 2002).”
Gods or rituals? Relational faith, spiritual discontent, and religious practices as predictors of hope and optimism (2008, methodology): “They diverge at the level of self-efficacy (Carver & Scheier, 2003b).”
The Relationship Between Hope, Eustress, Self-Efficacy, and Life Satisfaction Among Undergraduates (2011, methodology): “There have also been several scales developed to measure hope, including the Hope Scale (Carver and Scheier 2002).”
Positive expectancies and mental health: Identifying the unique contributions of hope and optimism (2009, methodology): “Previous research has demonstrated associations between hope, optimism and well-being in numerous populations and studies (Carver & Scheier, 2002a; Snyder, 2002).”
Personality Change: Implications for Organizational Behavior (2018, background): “…comes down to whether cognitive–behavioral therapies and efficacy training in problem-solving can effect permanent changes that result in behavior identical to that occurring among those natural optimists who are fortunate not to have to strive for such fundamental change (Carver & Scheier, 2002).”