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thumb|220px|An optimist and a pessimist, Vladimir Makovsky, 1893
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Pessimism is the tendency to expect negative outcomes or to focus on the worst aspects of situations rather than the best. It matters because how pessimistic or optimistic we are can influence our decisions, mental health, and how we respond to challenges in life.
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Research
2,439 papers- Optimism, pessimism, and physical health among youth: a scoping review.Journal of pediatric psychology · 2024Fairbank EJ, Borenstein-Laurie J, Alberts NM et al.DOI: 10.1093/jpepsy/jsae045
- Association of pessimism with cardiovascular events and all-cause mortality.Progress in cardiovascular diseases · 2023Krittanawong C, Maitra NS, Khawaja M et al.DOI: 10.1016/j.pcad.2022.11.018
- Optimism and pessimism: a concept for behavioural ecology.ReviewBiological reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society · 2025Siewert V, Kaiser S, Sachser N et al.DOI: 10.1111/brv.13178
- Optimism, pessimism and judgement bias in animals: A systematic review and meta-analysis.Neuroscience and biobehavioral reviews · 2020Lagisz M, Zidar J, Nakagawa S et al.DOI: 10.1016/j.neubiorev.2020.07.012
- Optimism versus pessimism as predictors of physical health: A comprehensive reanalysis of dispositional optimism research.The American psychologist · 2021Scheier MF, Swanson JD, Barlow MA et al.DOI: 10.1037/amp0000666
- Optimism and pessimism in optimised replay.PLoS computational biology · 2022Antonov G, Gagne C, Eldar E et al.DOI: 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1009634
- Optimism Verses Pessimism: The Choice is Yours.World neurosurgery · 2020Benzel EDOI: 10.1016/j.wneu.2020.09.133
- Power, paradox and pessimism: On the unintended consequences of digital health technologies in primary care.ReviewSocial science & medicine (1982) · 2021Ziebland S, Hyde E, Powell JDOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2021.114419
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