儿童乐观与悲观情绪的一种新测量方法：青少年生活取向测试。
A new measure of children's optimism and pessimism: the youth life orientation test.
作者信息
Ey Sydney, Hadley Wendy, Allen Deanna Nuttbrock, Palmer Shawna, Klosky James, Deptula Daneen, Thomas Jay, Cohen Robert
机构信息
Pacific University, Portland, OR 97205-2732, USA.
出版信息
J Child Psychol Psychiatry. 2005 May;46(5):548-58. doi: 10.1111/j.1469-7610.2004.00372.x.
BACKGROUND
Optimism and pessimism are positive and negative expectations linked with well-being in adults. Research on the importance of optimism and pessimism in children is limited by the lack of a developmentally appropriate measure of children's expectations.
METHOD
Based upon the Life Orientation Test-Revised (Scheier, Carver, & Bridges, 1994), the Youth Life Orientation Test (YLOT) is a sixteen-item self-report measure of children's optimism and pessimism.
RESULTS
Reliability and validity of the YLOT was found with 204 3rd-6th graders. Optimism also predicted fewer child-reported depressive symptoms and parent-reported behavior problems assessed three months later. Pessimism predicted more child-reported anxiety symptoms and parent-reported social and academic deficits.
背景
乐观主义和悲观主义是与成年人幸福感相关的积极和消极期望。由于缺乏适合儿童发展阶段的期望测量方法，关于乐观主义和悲观主义在儿童中的重要性的研究受到限制。
方法
基于修订后的生活取向测试（Scheier、Carver和Bridges，1994年），青少年生活取向测试（YLOT）是一项包含16个项目的儿童乐观主义和悲观主义自我报告测量工具。
结果
在204名三至六年级学生中发现了YLOT的信度和效度。乐观主义还预测三个月后儿童报告的抑郁症状较少，以及家长报告的行为问题较少。悲观主义预测儿童报告的焦虑症状较多，以及家长报告的社交和学业缺陷较多。
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