Life Orientation Test (LOT)
Cite this measure View MeasureScheier, & Carver, C. S. (1985). Optimism, coping, and health: assessment and implications of generalized outcome expectancies. Health Psychology, 4(3), 219–247. https://doi.org/10.1037/0278-6133.4.3.219
| General information | |
| Purpose | The LOT was designed to assess individual differences in generalized optimism versus pessimism. |
| Domain(s) | Life Satisfaction |
| Target population | Adult |
| Number of items | 12 |
| Administration format | self-report |
| Additional formats | |
| Alternate forms | The LOT-R: a revised version with only 10 questions. |
| Availability in other languages | |
| Fee for use | |
| Free | |
| Related information on use of the measure | |
| Non-exhaustive list of psychometric studies | |
| 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. https://doi.org/10.1037/0022-3514.67.6.1063 | |
| Additional information | |