New Trends and Issues Proceedings on Humanities and Social Sciences Volume 4, Issue 6, (2017) 115-121 ISSN 2547-8818 www.prosoc.eu Selected Paper of 6th International Conference on Education (IC-ED-2017), 29 June 2017 – 01 July 2017, University of Zagreb Zagreb – Croatia Predictors of optimism in adolescents: self-esteem, subjective well- being Ozlem Tagay a *, Educational Faculty, Mehmet Akif Ersoy University, Burdur 15030, Turkey Zeynep Karatas b , Educational Faculty, Mehmet Akif Ersoy University, Burdur 15030, Turkey Hulya Sahin Baltaci c , Educational Faculty, Pamukkale University, Denizli 20160, Turkey Suggested Citation: Tagay, O., Karatas, Z. & Baltaci, H. S. (2017). Predictors of optimism in adolescents: self-esteem, subjective well- being. New Trends and Issues Proceedings on Humanities and Social Sciences. [Online]. 4(6), 115-121. Available from: www.prosoc.eu Selection and peer review under responsibility of Prof. Dr. MilaŶ Matijeǀić, UŶiǀersitLJ of )agreď, Croatia. © 2017 SciencePark Research, Organization & Counseling. All rights reserved. Abstract In this study, it was aimed to investigate the optimism of adolescents according to various variables, sex, self-esteem and subjective well-being. The study was carried out on a total of 305 high-school students, including 182 women and 123 men who attended different high schools in Burdur. In this research, personal information form developed by the researchers, adolescent subjective well-being developed by Eryilmaz and self-esteem scale adapted by culture and culture by Aksoy (1992), Piskin and life orientation inventory adapted by culture and culture (Aydin and Tezer and Karagoz). Pearson moment product correlation coefficient and hierarchical multiple regression analyses were used in the analysis of the data. SPSS 15 program has been utilised. As a result of the research, it is understood that adolescent optimism is predicted by sex, self- esteem and subjective well-being. The findings of the study are discussed in the literature. Keywords: Adolescents optimism, self-esteem, subjective well-being. * ADDRESS FOR CORRESPONDENCE: Ozlem Tagay, Educational Faculty, Akif Ersoy University, Burdur 15030, Turkey. E-mail address: ozlemtagay@yahoo.com / Tel.: +90 248 213 40 00