Optimism - pessimism among the students of the University of Qadisiya

Abstract

The current research was conducted to identify the common feature ofoptimism - pessimism among the students of the University of Qadisiyah, andthe nature of the differences between them in the attribute, listed according tosex (male, female), and to achieve the research objectives adopted by theresearchers as follows:Develop a tool to measure the characteristic optimism - pessimism amongthe students of the University, has unearthed his honesty and consistency, and consisted of scale in the finalization of (47) items were distributed to (3) areas(academic, social, and health - psychological).In order to achieve the objectives of the research, the researchers applythe measure on a sample of (400) students at the University of Qadisiya for theacademic year (2009-2010), and then analyzed the data using statistical bagfulof Social Sciences (SPSS). The results were as follows:1. The distribution feature of optimism - pessimism, the students of theUniversity of cruel closer to moderation as it was found that thedominant members of the sample fall on a continuum of optimism -pessimism, at the classified university students to the optimistic andpessimistic, it was found that optimists outnumber pessimists.2. There are significant differences between males and females in thefeature optimism - pessimism in favor of males, and what was the scaletoward pessimism, this indicates that males are more pessimistic thanthe females. To test this hypothesis test was administered to two samplesindependent educational Administration, and the results were discussedin the light of the theoretical framework and previous studies.