One key term from Seligman is "Pessimistic Explanatory Style" (PES), a mindset in which bad events are interpreted as "pervasive, permanent, and uncontrollable," in contrast to an optimistic style that sees them as "local, temporary, and changeable".
Seligman speaks of "Pessimistic Explanatory Style" (PES), where bad events are interpreted as "pervasive, permanent, and uncontrollable," in contrast to an optimistic style that sees them as "local, temporary and changeable".
Teach your kids an optimistic explanatory style.
They have an optimistic thinking style.
In our study, a clear relationship between an optimistic coping style and purpose in life was seen.
It was found that a younger age, a better mental health, and an optimistic coping style were significantly associated with both measures of purpose in life.
A lower age, a better mental health status, and an optimistic coping style were significantly associated with both higher PIL and PWB-pil scores, whereas more participation in leisure and/or social activities was associated with a higher PIL score.
In RA patients, lower age, a better mental health status, an optimistic coping style, and participation in leisure and/or social activities were significantly associated with more sense of purpose in life.
The question remains whether an optimistic coping style, better mental functioning, and social engagements result in more sense of purpose in life or that purpose in life should rather be considered as a personality trait, with more sense of purpose in life leading to better mental and social functioning and employing more constructive coping strategies.
In this cross-sectional study in patients with RA, it was found that lower age, better mental health status, an optimistic coping style, and participation in social and/or leisure activities were significantly associated with more sense of purpose in life.
The 15 quartets written after Mozart's death (Opus 71, 74, 76, 77, 103) return to the optimistic style that was innate, and they reveal an ever-increasing expressiveness and mastery of detail.
