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The current research was conducted to identify the common feature of optimism – pessimism among the students of the University of Qadisiyah. and the nature of the differences between them in the attribute, listed according to sex (male, female), and to achieve the research objectives adopted by the researchers as follows: Develop a tool to measure the characteristic optimism – pessimism among the students of the University, has unearthed his honesty and consistency, and consisted of scale in the finalization of (47) items were distributed to (3) areas (academic, social, and health - psychological). In order to achieve the objectives of the research, the researchers apply the measure on a sample of (400) students at the University of Qadisiya for the academic year (2009-2010), and then analyzed the data using statistical bagful of Social Sciences (SPSS). The results were as follows: 1. the distribution feature of optimism - pessimism, the students of the University of Cruel Closer to moderation as it was found that the dominant members of the sample fall on a continuum of optimism - pessimism, at the classified university students to the optimistic and pessimistic, it was found that optimists outnumber pessimists. 2-There are significant differences between males and females in the feature optimism - pessimism in favor of males, and what was the scale toward pessimism, this indicates that males are more pessimistic than the females. To test this hypothesis test was administered to two samples independent educational Administration and the results were discussed in the light of the theoretical framework and previous studies. (Published Abstract)