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Creating Better Roommate Dyads: The Rold Of Optimism, Pessimism, And Preception Within College Roommate Relationships, Madison A. Murphy
Creating Better Roommate Dyads: The Rold Of Optimism, Pessimism, And Preception Within College Roommate Relationships, Madison A. Murphy
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The purpose of this study is to address the relationship between optimism/pessimism, perception and roommate relationships in college students. Participants were conveniently pooled from Southeastern University and were assessed via an online survey. Literature was compiled supporting the hypotheses that the researcher created. After analysis, it was found that optimism/pessimism correlated with roommate relationships and perceived similarity of optimism and pessimism correlated with roommate relationships. These results supported some of the researcher’s hypotheses but not all of them