Gender Differences on Hope and Optimism Among College Students and Professionals in Indian Context

Abstract

The current study aims to determine whether there are any gender differences in hope and optimism among college students and professionals, as well as to investigate differences in hope and optimism among college students and professionals. Hope is the desire for a result that will in some way enhance your life. Optimism is a state of mind characterized by faith in future success and hope. Optimists frequently view challenges as opportunities for growth or brief setbacks. A sample of 200 participants was taken in which 100 were College students (50 males and 50 females) and 100 were Professionals (50 males and 50 females) between the ages of 20 and 24 and 30 and 35. The Adult Hope Scale provided by Snyder and the State Optimism Measure provided by Millstein were the tools used to collect the data. The ANOVA was used to conduct a statistical analysis of the data. The data revealed that there is no statistically significant difference in hope and optimism across genders, and no statistically significant difference in hope and optimism between college students and professionals. Both genders and the population scored highly in terms of hope and moderately well in terms of optimism.