Pesimismo Defensivo y Psicología Positiva. Una revisión de la literatura.
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2020-06-10
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Jaén: Universidad de Jaén
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En el siguiente trabajo se ha realizado una revisión de la literatura sobre los términos del pesimismo defensivo, la psicología positiva y del optimismo. Normalmente se ha asociado el pesimismo con algo malo y con muchas desventajas. Pero hay una variante de éste que se conoce como pesimismo defensivo, que presenta algunos beneficios a las personas que utilizan este tipo de rasgos actitudinales. Por el contrario se ha considerado que el optimismo ha sido bueno y beneficioso siempre, pero también muestra debilidad en algunas situaciones. Con esta revisión bibliográfica se quiere mostrar que no todo sigue el mismo patrón instaurado por la sociedad, sino que a veces nos pueden sorprender con algo contrario a lo que esperábamos, es decir, no siempre el pesimismo puede referirse a rasgos negativos o por el contrario el optimismo, se asocia siempre con rasgos positivos. En último lugar hemos querido hacer una breve mención a la resiliencia como forma de afrontar las situaciones y conseguir una adaptación positiva a las mismas.
In the following work we made a revision of the literature about the terms and defensive pessimism, the positive psychology and optimism. Normally it has associated with something wrong and with a many disadvantage. But there is a variation known as defensive pessimism, which represents some benefits to the people who use this type of attitudinal characteristics. In the contrary it is considered that the optimism has been always positive and beneficial, but it also shows our weakness in some circumstances. This bibliographic revision wishes to demonstrate that not everything follows the same patron established in society. Sometimes we can be surprised with something different that we expected, that is, not always the pessimism can be referred to negative aspects or in the contrary the positivism is always associated to positive aspects. Lastly, we wanted to briefly mention the resilience as a way to confront situations and achieve a positive adaptation to them.
In the following work we made a revision of the literature about the terms and defensive pessimism, the positive psychology and optimism. Normally it has associated with something wrong and with a many disadvantage. But there is a variation known as defensive pessimism, which represents some benefits to the people who use this type of attitudinal characteristics. In the contrary it is considered that the optimism has been always positive and beneficial, but it also shows our weakness in some circumstances. This bibliographic revision wishes to demonstrate that not everything follows the same patron established in society. Sometimes we can be surprised with something different that we expected, that is, not always the pessimism can be referred to negative aspects or in the contrary the positivism is always associated to positive aspects. Lastly, we wanted to briefly mention the resilience as a way to confront situations and achieve a positive adaptation to them.