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Optimism can boost saving, especially for lower-income individuals

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Being optimistic about the future may help people save more money, according to new research.

People who scored higher on measures of "dispositional optimism" -- the tendency to expect positive outcomes -- saved more money over time compared with their less optimistic peers.

The research was published in the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology .

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