Level of optimism and its related issues among students of master of social work of Mysore University

The perception of students towards success and failure especially in academics and life in general, play a vital role in students’ attitude and behavior. The level of optimism will definitely drive the students to achieve higher heights. In this context, researchers tried to measure the level of optimism and its related issues of Master of Social Work (MSW) students of University of Mysore. Data have been collected from 287 MSW students, both first and second year, by using Optimism: Attribution of Success and Failure Inventory – Students (ASUFA – S) developed by Pareek and Purohit (2010). It has been found that the level of optimism significantly differ between first year students and second year students and different graduation background.