This study examined the relationships between self-report scores of 275 Japanese college students on the Japanese version of the revised Life Orientation Test and the Interpersonal Relationship Inventory. Ratings for optimism were positively correlated with those for social support and reciprocity (rs = .39 and .29, respectively) and negatively correlated with those for interpersonal conflict (r = −.26).
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