Effect of Optimism, Pessimism and Anxiety on Life Orientation Test-Revised Scale among University Students

Effect of Optimism, Pessimism and Anxiety on Life Orientation

Abstract

Optimism is an attitude of a healthy mind that leads to success while pessimism is ingrained habit of mind with the consequences of underachievement and anxiety. University students who practice optimism are considered highly significant with the score of Life Orientation Test-Revised.

OBJECTIVE: To explore the relationship of Optimism Pessimism and anxiety with Life Orientation Test-Revised among University Students.

METHOD: A correlation study was conducted to find out the relationship between Optimism, Pessimism and anxiety with Life Orientation Test–Revised in University Students. Random sampling technique was used. Sample of 192 students (88 males and 104 female) between the age ranges of 20-25 years was drawn from various departments of University of Management and Technology (UMT) and Government College University Lahore (GCU) statistically analyzed using SPSS version 21.0.

RESULTS: Results shows that positive relationship between the competitive trait anxiety and optimism level was found to be statistically significant (p=.05). This confirms the hypothesis that as anxiety levels increased, optimism levels decreased and vice versa.

CONCLUSION: It was concluded that optimism and pessimism makes significant influence on the life orientation among the university students. This confirms the hypothesis that as anxiety levels increased, optimism levels decreased. Notably, it was also found that age had a statistically significant positive correlation to optimism levels as well.