Life Orientation Test - Revised.

LOT-R

What it measures

dispositional optimism; generalized positive outcome expectancies

Length and format

10 items. 5-point Likert (strongly disagree to strongly agree); 3 optimism + 3 pessimism + 4 fillers (self-report questionnaire)

Language versions

Translated into 30+ languages incl. German, Spanish, French, Chinese, Portuguese, Polish, Italian

Normative data

No normative data held in our reference library for this instrument. That is a statement about our library, not about the published literature.

Licence

public-domain / open

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Reference

Scheier, M. F., Carver, C. S., & Bridges, M. W. (1994). Distinguishing optimism from neuroticism (and trait anxiety, self-mastery, and self-esteem): A reevaluation of the Life Orientation Test. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 67(6), 1063-1078.