Optimism and Pessimism in College Environments
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2197213 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Herbert H Jasper (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1929 |
| Volume | 34 |
| Issue | 5 |
| Pages | 856-873 |
| Publication date | 1929-03-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | American Journal of Sociology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0002-9602 • E-ISSN: 1537-5390 |
| Publisher | University of Chicago Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1086/214827 |
| OpenAlex | W2062031222 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
A questionnaire, composed of twenty questions related to attitudes on social issues, and twenty questions regarding personality traits, was given to a sampling of four types of colleges: a state normal school, a state university, a denominational university, and a private college. Three answers indicating degrees of optimism and pessimism were listed after each question. Complete tabulations are given for the most significant questions. There was a large difference between the norms of the respective groups in their characteristic responses. The ranking of types of college in regard to optimism and pessimism.-The colleges, ranked from the most pessimistic in both social attitudes and personlity traits to the most optimistic, are as follows: private college, state university, denominational university, and state normal school. The relation of personality traits to social attitudes.-In general the responses to questions relating to personality traits are of the same nature as the responses to social attitudes questions. Naive, unsophisticated enthusiasms are associated with optimism, and intellectual sophistication is associated wich pessimism in the college environment. There seems to be no support for the common belief that college students have a tendency toward a dangerous depression. Some of the inadequacies of the questionnaire method of study are overcome by an experiental knowledge of each college studied
Big Five personality traits · Optimism · Personality · Pessimism · Social science · Sociology · Sophistication · Grit, Self-Efficacy, and Motivation · Psychology · Social Psychology
| Unique citing works | 3 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0.03 |
| Citation span | 1930 - 2003 (74) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |