Table 2.

The dispositional optimism of the students and the year of the study

			Year of the study			Total
			I	II	III
Life Orientation Test –Revised (LOT-R)	Low scores	N	35	28	29	92
		%	28.5%	24.3%	42.0%	30.0%
	Average scores	N	41	47	28	116
		%	33.3%	40.9%	40.6%	37.8%
	High scores	N	47	40	12	99
		%	38.2%	34.8%	17.4%	32.2%
Total		N	123	115	69	307
		%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%
χ2 = 12.041; p = 0.017

χ2 – chi² independence test, p – significance level < 0.05.