TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2020//
TI  - Prediction of hopelessness in a Western sample using scores on the Arabic Scale of Optimism and Pessimism
JO  - Mankind quarterly
A1  - Dadfar, Maboubeh
A1  - Lester, David
A1  - McSwain, Stephanie
A1  - Abdel-Khalek, Ahmed M.
SP  - 56
EP  - 66
VL  - 61
IS  - 1
N2  - In a study of 154 American undergraduates, hopelessness scores were predicted significantly by scores on the Arabic Scale of Optimism and Pessimism (ASOP), while self-esteem scores, sex and age did not contribute significantly to the prediction of hopelessness. Scores on the ASOP were associated in the expected direction with the Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale and the Beck Hopelessness Scale, indicating good construct validity for the ASOP. This demonstrates the cross-cultural validity of the ASOP in a Western sample.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0893-4649
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.46469/mq.2020.61.1.6
ID  - ref1
ER  -