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Two parallel mediation analyses were specified with Hayes PROCESS Model 4, with optimism or pessimism as the predictor (X), jealousy as the mediator (M), and emotion regulation as the outcome (Y).<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      In the optimism model, optimism negatively predicted jealousy (B = \u22120.52,\n                      <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\n                      &amp;lt; 0.001) and positively predicted emotion regulation after controlling for jealousy (B = 2.20,\n                      <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\n                      &amp;lt; 0.001); the indirect effect through jealousy was negative and significant (B = \u22120.70, bootstrap 95% CI [\u22120.8232, \u22120.5982]). In the pessimism model, pessimism positively predicted jealousy (B = 1.50,\n                      <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\n                      &amp;lt; 0.001) and showed a negative direct association with emotion regulation (B = \u22122.06,\n                      <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\n                      &amp;lt; 0.001); the indirect effect through jealousy was approximately B = 5.27 and was reported as significant based on 5,000 bootstrap samples (the 95% bootstrap confidence interval excluded zero).\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Discussion<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>These findings indicate that optimism and pessimism follow distinct pathways and should not be interpreted as a single combined psychological construct.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.3389\/fpsyg.2026.1862982","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2026,9,24]],"date-time":"2026-09-24T04:35:46Z","timestamp":1790224546000},"update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3389\/crossmark-policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["The effect of optimism, pessimism, and jealousy on emotional regulation in athletes"],"prefix":"10.3389","volume":"17","author":[{"given":"Mehmet","family":"Aydo\u011fan","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Faculty of Sports Sciences, Istanbul Gelisim University","place":["Istanbul, T\u00fcrkiye"]}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Yunus","family":"\u015eahinler","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Faculty of Sports Sciences, Istanbul Gelisim University","place":["Istanbul, T\u00fcrkiye"]}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Taner","family":"Atasoy","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Faculty of Sports Sciences, Istanbul Gelisim University","place":["Istanbul, T\u00fcrkiye"]}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"1965","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2026,9,24]]},"reference":[{"key":"B1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"13","DOI":"10.4236\/psych.2013.49A2003","article-title":"Optimism and burnout in competitive sport.","volume":"4","author":"Bereng\u00fc\u00ed","year":"2013","journal-title":"Psychology"},{"key":"B2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"879","DOI":"10.1016\/j.cpr.2010.01.006","article-title":"Optimism.","volume":"30","author":"Carver","year":"2010","journal-title":"Clin. 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