@29swadesh29 dispositional optimism to better mental and physical health outcomes.
Dispositional optimism.
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The group consistently shows support and interest in dispositional optimism, with examples like references to studies on health benefits, methods to boost optimism such as visualizations, and discussions of its influence on health, goal achievement, and resilience. The tone is positive and encouraging, emphasizing evidence and practical applications, which supports the overall favorable perception and moderate impact of the concept.
Most discussions recognize the benefits of dispositional optimism, citing health, mental well-being, and goal pursuit improvements.
Posts show high engagement, with many sharing research, practical applications, and encouraging practices like imagining the best self.
Several discussions reference scientific studies, personal practices, and real-world impacts, indicating moderate but meaningful engagement.
While many posts highlight significant health and psychological benefits, few present urgent societal implications, resulting in a moderate impact score.
Abstract in brief
- Optimism is a cognitive belief about positive future outcomes that influences motivation, with optimistic individuals typically exerting more effort and pessimistic individuals tending to disengage.
- Research on optimism initially focused on health, showing that it is linked to better psychological and physical health through healthier behaviors and physiological effects.
- Recently, studies have expanded to social relationships, revealing that optimists tend to have better social connections because they invest more effort in maintaining them, and ongoing research is exploring the biological foundations of optimism.]
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Most liked on X and BlueskyThere is a ton of data on health benefits of dispositional optimism. “Begin each day by telling yourself: Today I shall be meeting with interference, ingratitude, insolence, disloyalty, ill-will, and selfishness – all of them due to the offenders’ ignorance of what is good or https://t.co/i2SWPGv5gm
#JMPAdvanceArticle: In this research report, Irina Andreeva (@UBuffalo), Youllee Kim (@UofDenver), and Sungeun Chung explore how source similarity, dispositional optimism, and goal attainability influence the outcomes of upward social comparisons https://t.co/69c3aIJX19 https://t.co/ObfQRt0KuC
Almost 1000 elderly people followed for 9 plus years pessimistic vs optimistic attitude "Our results provide support for a graded and independent protective relationship between dispositional optimism and all-cause mortality in old age" https://t.co/0JZW0K3lW4
Dispositional Optimism Predicts Placebo Analgesia https://t.co/jijmo1UboI https://t.co/n93UiACNlh
@DianaJ_N_ArGe presenting her latest findings on the neural underpinnings of individual biases in the interpretation of ambiguous affective information and their association with dispositional optimism at #SANS2023 https://t.co/lsJ2b2IOzd
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Impact of Optimism on Physical and Mental Health
Optimism benefits mental health and now emerging research shows its positive effects on physical health. This video explains how optimism affects health, research definitions, mechanisms, and ways to foster optimism.
Understanding Dispositional Optimism and Its Effects on Health and Social Relations
Optimism is a cognitive belief about positive future outcomes that influences motivation, with optimistic individuals typically exerting more effort and pessimistic individuals tending to disengage. Recent studies…
Indecisive leadership, unwarranted dispositional optimism, toxic & chaotic culture at the heart of government, & the response "too little, too late", on rinse & repeat for every wave, showing no ability to learn from experience & do better.
RT @chronononono: Effective pursuit of personal goals: The fostering effect of dispositional optimism on goal commitment and goal progress…
Dispositional optimism and thermal sensitivity were found to influence the expression of placebo analgesia and conditioned pain modulation, respectively.
Their differences seem to come more from a dispositional optimism or pessimism about AI and what it could be for, but, even then, it's not as though both groups don't have an affinity for neo-Luddism.
RT @chronononono: Effective pursuit of personal goals: The fostering effect of dispositional optimism on goal commitment and goal progress…
RT @HeartOTXHeartMD: There is a ton of data on health benefits of dispositional optimism. “Begin each day by telling yourself: Today I sh…
RT @HeartOTXHeartMD: There is a ton of data on health benefits of dispositional optimism. “Begin each day by telling yourself: Today I sh…
RT @HeartOTXHeartMD: There is a ton of data on health benefits of dispositional optimism. “Begin each day by telling yourself: Today I sh…
RT @HeartOTXHeartMD: There is a ton of data on health benefits of dispositional optimism. “Begin each day by telling yourself: Today I sh…
There is a ton of data on health benefits of dispositional optimism. “Begin each day by telling yourself: Today I shall be meeting with interference, ingratitude, insolence, disloyalty, ill-will, and selfishness – all of them due to the offenders’ ignorance of what is good or https://t.co/i2SWPGv5gm
@jackunheard There are well done studies that would support this assertion that for people who feel higher levels of discrimination, inflammatory markers and heart disease increase. It affects people with dispositional optimism less than others.
RT @victorperton: Today: Imagine Your Best Possible Self "Imagine Your Best Possible Self" can increase dispositional optimism. This is wo…
Today: Imagine Your Best Possible Self "Imagine Your Best Possible Self" can increase dispositional optimism. This is worth doing every three months - I do it on each change of season. Try it out. The practice takes around 30 minutes. https://t.co/eeRzQu6Yoy Join me via Zoom https://t.co/6umesN7Fig
The world is how we see it. We assign a meaning to every detail of our lives. Maybe it's not a bad idea to practice dispositional optimism. If we can imagine things worse than they are, why not imagine them better?
RT @SubhangiT81214: It’s funny how something as simple as a fresh outfit can trick the brain into feeling better. https://t.co/jQ1J2KinMX
@fundstrat And Tom- let the haters hate as they don't know any better! Regardless of the macro backdrop, you have what 99% of people in the market don't have- dispositional optimism! Luv ya Tom!
It’s funny how something as simple as a fresh outfit can trick the brain into feeling better. https://t.co/jQ1J2KinMX
Being ‘delulu’ might just fix you—optimism’s got data to back it. Please Read: https://t.co/jQ1J2KinMX
@29swadesh29 dispositional optimism to better mental and physical health outcomes.
The Prospective Relationships between Dispositional Optimism and Subjective and Psychological Well-being in Children and Adolescents — Applied Research in Quality of Life https://t.co/XCbBhBEI9Q
New Research: How dispositional optimism–pessimism relates to early adolescents’ emotional maladjustment during COVID-19? Moderating roles of knowledge about the disease and parent-child conflicts https://t.co/qEwy8Zpfqs #FrontiersIn #Psychiatry
RT @chronononono: Effective pursuit of personal goals: The fostering effect of dispositional optimism on goal commitment and goal progress…
楽観性が高い人は貯蓄も多いという結果がでていますが、それは貯蓄の自己報告との関係であり実際の銀行の残高とは関係ないというのは社会的望ましさの影響かなと。A glass half full of money: Dispositional optimism and wealth accumulation across the income spectrum. https://t.co/PvvupupqEF
What drives some people to save more effectively for their future than others? This multistudy investigation (N = 143,461) explores how dispositional optimism—the generalized tendency to hold positive expectations about the future—shapes individuals’… https://t.co/KhFlKHNBMm
RT @victorperton: Imagine Your Best Possible Self "A meta-analytic review of 29 studies concluded that psychological interventions can inc…
Imagine Your Best Possible Self "A meta-analytic review of 29 studies concluded that psychological interventions can increase dispositional optimism, and that the strongest effect was achieved when applying the Best Possible Self method." Try it out! Takes about half an hour.
‘…learn to use the right kind of positive thinking – Paul-Choudhury calls it dispositional optimism, a general expectation that things will work out well – and you can create a better world.’ I’ll be interviewing Sumit Paul-Choudhury at Waterstones Bristol in March. Launched soon.
dispositional optimism https://t.co/WxZnVWc2Gz https://t.co/QbfEEinHpu
@PeopleCan I am definitely Dispositional Optimism.
3. Reduced Risk of Cardiovascular Diseases: Compared to pessimists, people with dispositional optimism have a 35% lower chance of developing cardiovascular diseases or CVD, like stroke, angina, and non-fatal myocardial infarction, according to a JAMA study.
2. Lowers Stress Levels: It can reduce cortisol levels. Cancer patients are said to experience less stress and depression during treatment when they have dispositional optimism. This mindset, in turn, strengthens their resilience.
Dispositional v. Explanatory Optimism Dispositional Optimism - an expectation that events will work out in a positive way (Carver & Scheier, 2014). Explanatory Optimism - a habit of explaining events and outcomes optimistically. This includes the understanding that negative
Dispositional Optimism Predicts Placebo Analgesia https://t.co/jijmo1UboI https://t.co/n93UiACNlh
Dispositional Optimism Predicts Placebo Analgesia pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...
Most viewed and read articles "The Role of Dispositional Optimism, Upward and Downward Counterfactual Thinking towards Student Persistence in Joining Competitions" https://t.co/foksvo52dD How to cite item https://t.co/mcGbrHSpIh https://t.co/tEZZjkkfO8
RT @chronononono: Effective pursuit of personal goals: The fostering effect of dispositional optimism on goal commitment and goal progress…
Challenge Negative Thoughts: Practice Gratitude Visualize Success Surround Yourself with Positive People: By cultivating dispositional optimism, you can enhance your mental and physical well-being, improve your resilience, and create a more positive and fulfilling life. https://t.co/F0cUeQwvQG
Patients with higher #DispositionalOptimismScores may be more adherent to #GlaucomaTreatments. Research in Clinical Ophthalmology @DovePress Read more: https://t.co/04zKNOve3C #Glaucoma #Ophthalmology https://t.co/dFcCfcWhjn
Patients with higher #DispositionalOptimismScores may be more adherent to #GlaucomaTreatments. Research in Clinical Ophthalmology @DovePress Read more: https://t.co/04zKNOve3C #Glaucoma #Ophthalmology https://t.co/nLupLl07Qf
Dispositional optimism.
特性楽観主義と主観的睡眠の質には関連があるとされているけど,媒介要因や,客観的睡眠との関係はわかっていないので調べたよという研究。不安ではなくうつが媒介。ただし楽観主義と客観的睡眠は無関連。/ Dispositional optimism, sleep, and trait affective mediators https://t.co/Zr8Q8lF80u
RT @chronononono: Effective pursuit of personal goals: The fostering effect of dispositional optimism on goal commitment and goal progress…
Almost 1000 elderly people followed for 9 plus years pessimistic vs optimistic attitude "Our results provide support for a graded and independent protective relationship between dispositional optimism and all-cause mortality in old age" https://t.co/0JZW0K3lW4
RT @iamghislaine: Practice Dispositional Optimism ✨
Practice Dispositional Optimism ✨
Here's an example of a research report published earlier this year. The report explored how source similarity, dispositional optimism, and goal attainability influence the outcomes of upward social comparisons with outstanding others. https://t.co/b95FT7pje5 (4/4) https://t.co/orfxZE159m
Here? A research report from this year that shows how source similarity, dispositional optimism, and goal attainability influence the outcomes of upward social comparisons with outstanding others. https://econtent.hogrefe.com/doi/epdf/10.1027/1864-1105/a000413 (5/5)
RT @PsyArXiv_bot_v2: Dispositional Optimism, Sleep, and Trait Affective Mediators: A Latent Variable Approach https://t.co/aAWDjhtzf8
Dispositional Optimism, Sleep, and Trait Affective Mediators: A Latent Variable Approach: http://osf.io/etyga/
Dispositional Optimism, Sleep, and Trait Affective Mediators: A Latent Variable Approach: http://osf.io/etyga/
Dispositional Optimism, Sleep, and Trait Affective Mediators: A Latent Variable Approach https://t.co/aAWDjhtzf8
attitude = dispositional optimism.
DISPOSITIONAL OPTIMISM In its simplest term, dispositional optimism is
@11tulips As noted in the piece ,a sense of “dispositional optimism”,is the centerpiece of “ manifesting “,of course, for many who may suffer a form of depression,it can be the opposite ,a struggle to overcome a “negative disposition,”It’s a perplexing complexity of the human experience
Manifest in Dispositional Optimism. It encompasses and enables you to turn storms into opportunities of growth.
Hope Scale - for hope Life orientation tests revised (LOT-R)- dispositional optimism - view the world and the future in positive ways PANAS Positive and Negative Affect Schedule- positive and negative emotions during test administration
Half Just or Half Unjust? the Influence of Dispositional Optimism on the Link Between Interpersonal Peer Injustice, Negative Emotions and Sleep Problems #GOM #OnlineFirst #Justicefor #Optimism https://t.co/nYHe2qXzKT
Dispositional optimism leads to better health, more wealth, and more happiness. Sadly, you can't effect your disposition, according to the current understanding of psychologists.
The concept of free will intersecting with psychological phenomena, such as dispositional optimism, depressive realism, and the illusion of control, is consistent with Nietzsche's understanding of free will and the interplay between individual agency and external influences.
RT @JMP_Hogrefe: #JMPAdvanceArticle: In this research report, Irina Andreeva (@UBuffalo), Youllee Kim (@UofDenver), and Sungeun Chung explo…
RT @JMP_Hogrefe: #JMPAdvanceArticle: In this research report, Irina Andreeva (@UBuffalo), Youllee Kim (@UofDenver), and Sungeun Chung explo…
#JMPAdvanceArticle: In this research report, Irina Andreeva (@UBuffalo), Youllee Kim (@UofDenver), and Sungeun Chung explore how source similarity, dispositional optimism, and goal attainability influence the outcomes of upward social comparisons https://t.co/69c3aIJX19 https://t.co/ObfQRt0KuC
RT @chronononono: Effective pursuit of personal goals: The fostering effect of dispositional optimism on goal commitment and goal progress…
RT @EurekaMag: Dispositional optimism in adolescents with cancer: differential associations of optimism and pessimism with positive and neg…
RT @EurekaMag: Dispositional optimism in adolescents with cancer: differential associations of optimism and pessimism with positive and neg…
RT @EurekaMag: Dispositional optimism in adolescents with cancer: differential associations of optimism and pessimism with positive and neg…
RT @EurekaMag: Dispositional optimism in adolescents with cancer: differential associations of optimism and pessimism with positive and neg…
RT @EurekaMag: Dispositional optimism in adolescents with cancer: differential associations of optimism and pessimism with positive and neg…
RT @EurekaMag: Dispositional optimism in adolescents with cancer: differential associations of optimism and pessimism with positive and neg…
Dispositional optimism in adolescents with cancer: differential associations of optimism and pessimism with positive and negative aspects of well-being https://t.co/XyPVSGU00P https://t.co/YZK1vSZheq
RT @chronononono: Effective pursuit of personal goals: The fostering effect of dispositional optimism on goal commitment and goal progress…
RT @FrontPsychiatry: New Research: Impact of pregnancy/childbirth on dispositional optimism in the context of risk of depression, mental he…
New Research: Impact of pregnancy/childbirth on dispositional optimism in the context of risk of depression, mental health status and satisfaction with life: Introduction Life optimism is an inseparable element accompanying every human… https://t.co/VVskEO7i5I #Psychiatry
RT @chronononono: Effective pursuit of personal goals: The fostering effect of dispositional optimism on goal commitment and goal progress…
Effective pursuit of personal goals: The fostering effect of dispositional optimism on goal commitment and goal progress https://t.co/KIlZidRpCA
"Defensive pessimism is an individual’s tendency to assume the worst outcome while waiting. Dispositional optimism is the tendency to assume things will work out well in the end. " Funky. Which trait do you think you possess?
RT @victorperton: Imagine Your Best Possible Self "A meta-analytic review of 29 studies concluded that psychological interventions can inc…
Imagine Your Best Possible Self "A meta-analytic review of 29 studies concluded that psychological interventions can increase dispositional optimism, and that the strongest effect was achieved when applying the Best Possible Self method." https://t.co/eeRzQu6Yoy https://t.co/OgypQsYznG
@awakentrogdor Those are two completely different things my friend. One is called defensive pessimism and the other is dispositional optimism. Self loathing would be to say that "The Flames and us fans aren't good enough to win anything" without providing a reason or solution.
A dispositional optimism lies at the heart of overlooking power imbalances as a family carer https://t.co/R1JFLtB1Qg via @dr_shibley
A dispositional optimism lies at the heart of overlooking power imbalances as a family carer https://t.co/aKYn3Enu2n via @dr_shibley @mancunianmedic
The main objective of the presented study was to check whether there were any correlations between the sense of generalized self-efficacy, life satisfaction and dispositional optimism among fitness industry employees. https://t.co/LT4x4VlMKS https://t.co/Bfv3BfolWZ
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Early-pregnancy dispositional optimism and pregnancy outcomes among nulliparous people. #science #publication #research #publications https://t.co/ex8Edcdkr0
Dispositional optimism mediates relations between childhood maltreatment and #PTSD symptom severity among #Trauma-exposed adults. #ChildAbuse #MentalHealth BMC Psychiatry https://t.co/iAlucCZZki
Dispositional Optimism: Refers to an individual's general outlook on life. People high in dispositional optimism tend to believe that positive outcomes are likely & that challenges can be overcome. They view setbacks as temporary and specific to a situation,...
Detouring from my regular dispositional optimism to note the sheer strength of the fuck around + find out aura that is permeating this summer (not me, particularly, but it seems to be everywhere else??)
RT @victorperton: Imagine Your Best Possible Self "A meta-analytic review of 29 studies concluded that psychological interventions can inc…
Imagine Your Best Possible Self "A meta-analytic review of 29 studies concluded that psychological interventions can increase dispositional optimism, and that the strongest effect was achieved when applying the Best Possible Self method." Try it! https://t.co/eeRzQu6Yoy
RT @JessonJonathan1: It is suggested that patients with high dispositional optimism appear to have stronger immune system since it buffers…
It is suggested that patients with high dispositional optimism appear to have stronger immune system since it buffers it against psychological stressors.and Optimists appear to live longer.
Unlike happiness and other emotions that ebb and flow throughout the day, dispositional optimism is essentially a personality trait and — unless you intentionally work at it — is mostly stable over time. https://t.co/wcsKrqbtls @dailyom
RT @Centre4Optimism: What's your #optimism #superpower? Data-driven optimism? Defiant optimism, deep optimism, deliberate optimism, despe…
What's your #optimism #superpower? Data-driven optimism? Defiant optimism, deep optimism, deliberate optimism, desperate optimism, determined optimism or dispositional optimism? Take 5 minutes to write about it! It will lift you and those around you! https://t.co/xQj4Dmn5Xr
There are three main types of optimism you’ll encounter day to day: dispositional optimism, explanatory optimism, and unrealistic optimism, says Dr. Trudel-Fitzgerald. https://t.co/wcsKrqbtls @dailyom
When people with high dispositional optimism think about the future, they recognize they may face challenges, but ultimately believe they’ll figure things out, adds Trudel-Fitzgerald. https://t.co/wcsKrqbtls @dailyom
@sportsfreak217 @brock_aller Word. My problem w dude is his disposition as soon as a call doesn't go his way &/or when he's slumping. What happened to lifting the morale of the team? Dude turns petulant without a single ounce of dispositional optimism.
RT @IPSplacebo: New publication! #Openlabel conditioning is associated with stronger #nocebo #hyperalgesia and counterconditioning works…
RT @UlrikeBasten: @DianaJ_N_ArGe presenting her latest findings on the neural underpinnings of individual biases in the interpretation of a…
The para-hippocampal–medial frontal gyrus functional connectivity mediates the relationship between dispositional optimism and procrastination - ScienceDirect https://t.co/vAbBhr4uHm
RT @UlrikeBasten: @DianaJ_N_ArGe presenting her latest findings on the neural underpinnings of individual biases in the interpretation of a…
@DianaJ_N_ArGe presenting her latest findings on the neural underpinnings of individual biases in the interpretation of ambiguous affective information and their association with dispositional optimism at #SANS2023 https://t.co/lsJ2b2IOzd
New publication! #Openlabel conditioning is associated with stronger #nocebo #hyperalgesia and counterconditioning works better against nocebo hyperalgesia when trait anxiety is high and dispositional optimism is low. Read the full article here: https://t.co/fa7AGbagaz
RT @LizGoldbergMD: “Optimism (and pessimism, on the other hand) may play a crucial role in the individual response to stress and traumatic…
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