life_orientation_test_lot-r
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Life Orientation Test - Revised (LOT-R)
The revised Life Orientation Test (LOT-R) is a standard psychological instrument that assesses one’s dispositional level of optimism, i.e. the degree to which people possess confidence and hope that future events will turn out positively.
The LOT-R was implemented in both adult (section: mental health) and adolescent (section: children & adolescents) Lifelines participants in the context of an additional questionnaire: OPBQ.
The revised Life Orientation Test for adults and adolescents 1)2)3) has 10 items, including 4 filler items (02, 05, 06, 08) and 3 items to be reversed coded (03, 07, 09)
1)
Klooster, P. M. ten., Weekers, A. M., Eggelmeijer, F., van Woerkom, J. M., Drossaert, C. H. C. M., Taal, E., Rasker, J. J., & Baneke, J. J. (2010). Optimisme en/of pessimisme: Factorstructuur van de Nederlandse Life Orientation Test-Revised. Psychologie en Gezondheid, 38(2), 89–100
2)
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
3)
Kennes, A., Peeters, S., Janssens, M., Reijnders, J., Simons, M., Lataster, J., & Jacobs, N. (2021). Optimism and Mental Health in Adolescence: A Prospective Validation Study of the Dutch Life- Orientation Test-Revised (LOT-R-A) for Adolescents. Psychologica Belgica, 61(1), Article 1
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