Optimism and Health-related Behavior of Czech University Students and Adults
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<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F00216224%3A14210%2F14%3A00074287" target="_blank" >RIV/00216224:14210/14:00074287 - isvavai.cz</a>
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Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Optimism and Health-related Behavior of Czech University Students and Adults
Original language description
The exploratory study, conducted as a part of a research project supported by the Czech Science Foundation (No. 13-19808S), attempted to shed more light on the interrelations between dispositional optimism/pessimism, explanatory style optimism/pessimism,defensive pessimism/strategic optimism, and health-related behaviour. The main objective was to test whether findings obtained on American population and several European samples concerning positive relationships between optimism and health-related activity, and between pessimism and passivity, can be replicated on a Czech sample. The analysis of data from 268 respondents aged between 16 and 96 did not confirm any significant associations between different types of optimism/pessimism and health behaviours except for one: Promotion of mental well-being was predicted by defensive pessimism and by optimistic explanatory style, especially the stability dimension.
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
O - Miscellaneous
CEP classification
AN - Psychology
OECD FORD branch
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Result continuities
Project
<a href="/en/project/GA13-19808S" target="_blank" >GA13-19808S: Health-Enhancing and Health-Threatening Behaviour: Determinants, Models, and Implications</a><br>
Continuities
P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)
Others
Publication year
2014
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů