Adolescent’s Optimism

Abstract

WThe purpose of the study was to present the different original articles published on adolescent optimism, the different approaches, the research areas and the instruments used. The searches were carried out in Dialnet, PsycNet, Pubmed and Science Direct, spaces that allowed us to obtain a sample of 16 empirical research articles that present the topic of optimism. We should mention that we found no evidence of one-sidedness in the publications.
From the analysis carried out, it was able to show the scarce scientific information about optimism levels in the adolescent stage, especially in our Peruvian reality, we must mention that among the discarded articles we could show studies in university populations above 17 years of age, as well as in different cultural realities within Latin America in countries like Colombia, Chile y Mexico; European countries like Barcelona, Italia y España; The information that was found on the practices of optimism in the Peruvian adolescent was insufficient. On the other hand, in relation to the correlational type reviews we can mention that the levels of optimism have been related to psychological well-being, resilience, self-esteem, self-efficacy in the clinical area; also at the educational level, optimism levels have been related to overall academic performance and performance in high performance athletes. Finally, the need to increase studies in this age group is
evident because it considers an area of important health promotion and prevention of populations at risk.