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).
| 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 |
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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