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Influence of Dispositional Optimism on Ethically Salient Research Perspectives: A Pilot Study
Jane Paik Kim1, Sangeeta Mondal2, Tenzin Tsungmey2
1Clinical assistant professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Stanford University.
Ethics & Human Research
|May 11, 2022
Summary
Dispositional optimism positively influences attitudes toward research participation. Optimistic individuals show greater willingness to join clinical studies, highlighting personality
Area of Science:
- Psychology
- Clinical Research Ethics
- Behavioral Science
Background:
- Fair participant recruitment is crucial in research.
- Underlying personality traits influencing research decisions are underexplored.
- Dispositional optimism's impact on research attitudes is minimally studied.
Purpose of the Study:
- To explore the association between dispositional optimism and research attitudes.
- To investigate how optimism affects perceptions of research safeguards.
- To examine optimism's influence on willingness to participate in clinical research.
Main Methods:
- An exploratory online survey was conducted with 151 individuals.
- Participants included those with self-reported mental illness, physical illness, or neither.
- Dispositional optimism was assessed using the Life Orientation Test-Revised.
Main Results:
- Strongly optimistic respondents reported more positive general research attitudes.
- Optimism was linked to perceiving four research safeguards as more positively influencing participation.
- Optimism showed a positive association with willingness to participate in clinical research.
Conclusions:
- Dispositional optimism is a significant factor in research participation attitudes.
- Findings contribute to understanding individual traits' influence on ethical research perspectives.
- Further research is needed to explore personality's role in research decision-making.
Keywords:
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