| Background Feelings of satisfaction fluctuate across time and situations, and focusing on within‐person experiences opens up the door to a better understanding of the daily lives of university students. Aims Our overarching goal was to situate academic satisfaction not only as a relatively enduring characteristic but also as a transient state that fluctuates across days in the lives of student. In the present study, we explored how optimism and pessimism related to inter‐individual differences… |