A Study of Optimism and Resilience

Abstract

College students are the ones who face a lot of stress during their academic life. Some tackle them efficiently; however,some are not able to tackle them, while some are slower to tackle them. They may be optimistic or pessimistic in their life orientation. According to research people who are optimistic tend to be higher on resilience. The researched aimed to investigate the correlation between optimism and resilience. Gender differences were also studied. For this purpose the following tools were employed: Life Orientation Test-Revised for optimism and Brief Resilience Scale for resilience. The sample of 60 students in which 30 males and 30 females between 18 to 22 years was taken. Correlation, t- ratio, and regression analysis were the techniques of statistical analysis used. It was found that there is no significant relation between resilience and optimism. And it was found that significant gender differences in optimism but not on resilience. Resilience is a predictor of optimism.