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Article: Optimism and stress: an African-American college student perspective.
- Article from:
- College Student Journal
- Article date:
- June 1, 2003
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The purpose of this study was to examine the role of life event stress on African-American college students as a function of optimism. One hundred and six African-American college students attending a Historically Black College participated in this study. After obtaining informed consent, all participants were administered the questionnaire package (Student Stress Scale, Perceived Stress, Life Orientation Test, and demographics). As expected, individuals who scored high on measures of optimism reported significantly less perceived stress than their pessimistic counterparts. Underclassman reported more academic stress than upperclassman. These findings suggest that future ...