Differentiating Optimists from Pessimists in the Prediction of Emotional Intelligence, Happiness, and Life Satisfaction: A Latent Profle Analysis

What are the diferences between optimists and pessimists? The aim of this study is to analyze the diferences reported by optimists and pessimists in terms of three psychological variables: emotional intelligence (EI), happiness, and life satisfaction. To answer this question, we examined the extent...

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Authors: Blasco Belled, Ana, Rogoza, Radosław, Torrelles Nadal, Cristina, Alsinet, Carles
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Publication Date:2022
Country:España
Institution:Universitat de Lleida (UdL)
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1007/s10902-022-00507-4
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Keyword:Optimism
Pessimism
Emotional intelligence
Happiness
Life satisfaction
Latent profle analysis
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spelling Differentiating Optimists from Pessimists in the Prediction of Emotional Intelligence, Happiness, and Life Satisfaction: A Latent Profle AnalysisBlasco Belled, AnaRogoza, RadosławTorrelles Nadal, CristinaAlsinet, CarlesOptimismPessimismEmotional intelligenceHappinessLife satisfactionLatent profle analysisWhat are the diferences between optimists and pessimists? The aim of this study is to analyze the diferences reported by optimists and pessimists in terms of three psychological variables: emotional intelligence (EI), happiness, and life satisfaction. To answer this question, we examined the extent to which a combination of diferent levels of optimism and pessimism can diferently predict EI, happiness, and life satisfaction in two independent samples (891 adults, 494 adolescents). To do that, we introduced a person-centered approach, which ofers several advantages in the study of optimism over the extended, predominant variable-centered approach. Then, using a latent profle analysis, we identifed three groups of individuals with a similar optimism–pessimism confguration: optimists, ambivalents, and pessimists. The results obtained supported our hypothesis that optimists report higher EI, happiness, and life satisfaction levels than those reported by pessimists. Low levels of optimism, rather than high levels of pessimism, distinguish optimistic from non-optimistic people in the prediction of external outcomes. Our results suggest that optimism and pessimism can be viewed as separate yet correlated traits that can be grouped together to explain individual afective and cognitive diferences, which encourage the refnement of strategies and interventions used in psychology practice.Springer2022info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionhttps://doi.org/10.1007/s10902-022-00507-4http://hdl.handle.net/10459.1/73236reponame:Repositori Obert UdL instname:Universitat de Lleida (UdL)InglésReproducció del document publicat a https://doi.org/10.1007/s10902-022-00507-4Journal of Happiness Studies, 2022, vol. 23, p. 2371-2387cc-by (c) Blasco et al., 2022info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccesshttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/oai:repositori.udl.cat:10459.1/732362026-06-24T12:42:17Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Differentiating Optimists from Pessimists in the Prediction of Emotional Intelligence, Happiness, and Life Satisfaction: A Latent Profle Analysis
title Differentiating Optimists from Pessimists in the Prediction of Emotional Intelligence, Happiness, and Life Satisfaction: A Latent Profle Analysis
spellingShingle Differentiating Optimists from Pessimists in the Prediction of Emotional Intelligence, Happiness, and Life Satisfaction: A Latent Profle Analysis
Blasco Belled, Ana
Optimism
Pessimism
Emotional intelligence
Happiness
Life satisfaction
Latent profle analysis
title_short Differentiating Optimists from Pessimists in the Prediction of Emotional Intelligence, Happiness, and Life Satisfaction: A Latent Profle Analysis
title_full Differentiating Optimists from Pessimists in the Prediction of Emotional Intelligence, Happiness, and Life Satisfaction: A Latent Profle Analysis
title_fullStr Differentiating Optimists from Pessimists in the Prediction of Emotional Intelligence, Happiness, and Life Satisfaction: A Latent Profle Analysis
title_full_unstemmed Differentiating Optimists from Pessimists in the Prediction of Emotional Intelligence, Happiness, and Life Satisfaction: A Latent Profle Analysis
title_sort Differentiating Optimists from Pessimists in the Prediction of Emotional Intelligence, Happiness, and Life Satisfaction: A Latent Profle Analysis
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Blasco Belled, Ana
Rogoza, Radosław
Torrelles Nadal, Cristina
Alsinet, Carles
author Blasco Belled, Ana
author_facet Blasco Belled, Ana
Rogoza, Radosław
Torrelles Nadal, Cristina
Alsinet, Carles
author_role author
author2 Rogoza, Radosław
Torrelles Nadal, Cristina
Alsinet, Carles
author2_role author
author
author
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Optimism
Pessimism
Emotional intelligence
Happiness
Life satisfaction
Latent profle analysis
topic Optimism
Pessimism
Emotional intelligence
Happiness
Life satisfaction
Latent profle analysis
description What are the diferences between optimists and pessimists? The aim of this study is to analyze the diferences reported by optimists and pessimists in terms of three psychological variables: emotional intelligence (EI), happiness, and life satisfaction. To answer this question, we examined the extent to which a combination of diferent levels of optimism and pessimism can diferently predict EI, happiness, and life satisfaction in two independent samples (891 adults, 494 adolescents). To do that, we introduced a person-centered approach, which ofers several advantages in the study of optimism over the extended, predominant variable-centered approach. Then, using a latent profle analysis, we identifed three groups of individuals with a similar optimism–pessimism confguration: optimists, ambivalents, and pessimists. The results obtained supported our hypothesis that optimists report higher EI, happiness, and life satisfaction levels than those reported by pessimists. Low levels of optimism, rather than high levels of pessimism, distinguish optimistic from non-optimistic people in the prediction of external outcomes. Our results suggest that optimism and pessimism can be viewed as separate yet correlated traits that can be grouped together to explain individual afective and cognitive diferences, which encourage the refnement of strategies and interventions used in psychology practice.
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