Validated measure · Optimism
Life Orientation Test-Revised.
The LOT-R measures dispositional optimism through generalized expectations about future outcomes.
Directions
Answer honestly and independently.
Please indicate the extent of your agreement with each statement. Try not to let your response to one question influence your responses to the others. There are no right or wrong answers.
Use this score for reflection. The LOT-R describes a broad expectancy about future outcomes. It does not assess mental health, personal worth, or whether someone is sufficiently positive.
0 = Strongly disagree
1 = Disagree
2 = Neutral
3 = Agree
4 = Strongly agree
Your result
Your dispositional optimism score.
Your score falls on a continuum.
Higher scores reflect stronger generalized expectations of favorable outcomes. The supplied scale does not provide universal low, average, or high cutoffs, so this page does not assign a label.
Measure source
About the LOT-R
Scheier, M. F., Carver, C. S., & Bridges, M. W. (1994). Distinguishing optimism from neuroticism, trait anxiety, self-mastery, and self-esteem: A reevaluation of the Life Orientation Test. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 67, 1063-1078.
The wording, response options, filler items, reverse scoring, and total scoring follow the supplied LOT-R scale.
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