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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).
Questions English | Questions Dutch | Code | Variable | Assessment | Age |
i fill in [parental bonding instrument 1/2] about my: biological father biological mother stepfather stepmother adoptive mother adoptive father foster mother foster father other person: | Ik vul [parental bonding instrument 1/2] in over mijn: biologische vader biologische moeder stiefvader stiefmoeder adoptiemoeder adoptievader pleegmoeder pleegvader anders, namelijk | pbi_parent1/2_adu_q_1 | OPT2A/B | OPBQ | 18+ |
i fill in [parental bonding instrument 1/2] about my: biological father biological mother stepfather stepmother adoptive mother adoptive father foster mother foster father other person: | Ik vul [parental bonding instrument 1/2] in over mijn: biologische vader biologische moeder stiefvader stiefmoeder adoptiemoeder adoptievader pleegmoeder pleegvader anders, namelijk | pbi_parent1/2_ach_q_1 | ACHOPT2A/B | OPBQ | 13-17 |