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ERIC Number: EJ336361
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1986
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Optimism and Pessimism in Elementary School-Aged Children.
Fisher, Mariellen; Leitenberg, Harold
Child Development, v57 n1 p241-48 Feb 1986
A study of children's expectancies about their general success or failure in adult life revealed that the overwhelming majority were quite optimistic and minimally pessimistic. Children's optimism or pessimism about their distant future was not related to their current social success or failure. (DR)
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Elementary School Students, Expectation, Females, Males, Peer Relationship, Personality Studies, Self Esteem, Success
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Audience: Researchers
Language: English
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Identifiers: Optimism; Pessimism