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    The document describes the Revised Life Orientation Test (LOT-R), a 10-item questionnaire used to measure optimism and pessimism. Respondents indicate their level of agreement on a 5-point scale for statements. Some items are positively scored to measure optimism while others are reverse scored to measure pessimism. Scores are kept continuous rather than categorizing respondents as optimists or pessimists. The test was created to distinguish optimism from other personality traits like neuroticism.

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    The document describes the Revised Life Orientation Test (LOT-R), a 10-item questionnaire used to measure optimism and pessimism. Respondents indicate their level of agreement on a 5-point scale for statements. Some items are positively scored to measure optimism while others are reverse scored to measure pessimism. Scores are kept continuous rather than categorizing respondents as optimists or pessimists. The test was created to distinguish optimism from other personality traits like neuroticism.

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    The Revised Life Orientation Test

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    The document describes the Revised Life Orientation Test (LOT-R), a 10-item questionnaire used to measure optimism and pessimism. Respondents indicate their level of agreement on a 5-point scale for statements. Some items are positively scored to measure optimism while others are reverse scored to measure pessimism. Scores are kept continuous rather than categorizing respondents as optimists or pessimists. The test was created to distinguish optimism from other personality traits like neuroticism.

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    The Revised Life Orientation Test, LOT-R

    Simply state the extent to which you agree or disagree to this set of 10 questions
    for a score. You may tick the frequency in the selected box.

    Strongly Disagree Neutral Agree Strongly


    Disagree (1) (2) (3) Agree
    (0) (4)
    1. In uncertain times, I usually
    expect the best.

    2. It’s easy for me to relax.

    3. If something can go wrong for


    me, it will.

    4 I’m always optimistic about my


    future.
    5 I enjoy my friends a lot.

    6 It’s important for me to keep


    busy.
    7 I hardly ever expect things to go
    my way.

    8 I don’t get upset too easily.

    9 I rarely count on good things


    happening to me.

    10 Overall, I expect more good


    things to happen to me than
    bad.
    How to Score:
    Items 2, 5, 6, and 8 are fillers and should not be scored.

    Positive Item Scored


    Item 1, 4, 10
    Strongly Disagree Neutral Agree Strongly Agree
    Disagree
    (1) (2) (3) (4)
    (0)

    Negative Item Scored


    Items 3, 7, and 9 are reverse scored (or scored separately as a pessimism measure).
    Strongly Disagree Neutral Agree Strongly Agree
    Disagree
    (3) (2) (1) (0)
    (4)

    Scoring is kept continuous – there is no benchmark for being an optimist/pessimist.

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

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