The predictors of defensive pessimism: Cognitive flexibility, anxiety, and big-five personality traits

TEKİN I., YÜKSEL M., EKŞİ H.

CURRENT PSYCHOLOGY, cilt.42, sa.20, ss.17163-17173, 2023 (SSCI) identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 42 Sayı: 20
  • Basım Tarihi: 2023
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1007/s12144-022-03168-x
  • Dergi Adı: CURRENT PSYCHOLOGY
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI), Scopus, IBZ Online, BIOSIS, Business Source Elite, Business Source Premier, Psycinfo
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.17163-17173
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: Defensive pessimism, cognitive flexibility, anxiety, personality traits, high-stakes tests, OPTIMISM, SELF, NEUROTICISM, MOOD, LIFE, RELIABILITY, STRATEGIES, DIMENSIONS, COMPLEXITY, BEHAVIOR
  • Marmara Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

This study aims to investigate the predictor power of cognitive flexibility, anxiety, and neuroticism, and openness personality traits on defensive pessimism in the context of a high-stakes test. For this purpose, the study conducts the adaptation of the Defensive Pessimism Questionnaire (DPQ) and the Cognitive Flexibility Inventory (CFI), and measures the validity and reliability of these tools on Turkish teenagers. The participants in the study consisted of three independent groups of participants with a total number of 1361 students enrolling at high schools. The DPQ, CFI, Big-Five Inventory, and Trait-State Anxiety Scale were administered to the participants. The findings demonstrated that the factor structures of both scales were similar to the original forms, and both of the scales had a high level of validity and reliability. The study also concluded that cognitive flexibility, anxiety, and personality explained 44% of defensive pessimism after a regression analysis.