Research and development in positive psychology are constantly gaining momentum in India. Positive psychosocial traits, especially optimism, require an empirical inquiry in terms of their link with the healthrelated personality in older adolescents. The paper explored the relationships between optimism and health orientation among urban older adolescents by analyzing one hundred and eighty-three participants of the NCR Noida region of India, aged between eighteen to nineteen years.

Positive psychology, Health, Optimism, Health-orientation, Older-Adolescents