The idea with this study is to examine if there are a connection between how optimistic people are in relation to how stressed they feel. The result from the survey is based on materials from a questionnaire has been sent to fifty persons of varying age and sexes. The questionnaire has also been sent to students from Karlstad University but also to friends and acquaintances. The data is measured with SE- and LOT-tests. The issues concerned in which scope respondents experiences themselves stressed and optimistic and how the connection is between experienced stress and optimism in relation to results on the figure tests. This study showed a significant difference in average LOT-points and results in SE. Likewise, a significant difference was shown in average LOT-points and energy results. High LOT-points tend to give lower stress-points while low LOT-points are associated with high stress-points.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:UPSALLA1/oai:DiVA.org:kau-3862 |
| Date | January 2008 |
| Creators | Hellenrud Hagström, Anna |
| Publisher | Karlstads universitet, Fakulteten för ekonomi, kommunikation och IT |
| Source Sets | DiVA Archive at Upsalla University |
| Language | Swedish |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Student thesis, info:eu-repo/semantics/bachelorThesis, text |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess |
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