Gender differences on hope, optimism and neuroticism among engineering students

Pages:625-627
Dinesh Naik (Department of Psychology, Arts, Commerce & Science College, Lasalgaon, Nashik, Maharashtra)
Kaustubh V. Yadav (Department of Psychology, Savitribai Phule Pune University, Pune, Maharashtra)

The objective of the present study was to examine the gender differences among engineering students on hope, optimism and neuroticism. Two hundred engineering (100 Male & 100 Females) students in the age group of 19 to 25years from different engineering colleges in Pune and Pimpri- Chinchwad responded to Trait Hope Scale by Snyder et al. (1991); Revised Life orientation test by Scheier, Carver, and Bridges (1994); and NEO-FFI by Costa and McCrae (1995). Result showed that there were significant gender differences on Hope and Neuroticism where as gender differences were not seen on Optimism.