2002
DOI: 10.1177/1069072702010001003
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Abstract: The Life Orientation Test-Revised (Scheier, Carver & Bridges, 1994), measures of career maturity, career decision-making, career goals and wellbeing were administered to 504 high school students. Exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses demonstrated bidimensionality rather than unidimensionality for the LOT-R, with the two factors of optimism and pessimism being largely unrelated. Those with high optimism reported

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“…Thus, again, optimists may increase their chances of success. Finally, the association between optimism and task initiation also holds for prominent long-term goals, such as career-related goals (Creed et al, 2002;Patton et al, 2004).…”
Section: Optimism and Hopefulnessmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Thus, again, optimists may increase their chances of success. Finally, the association between optimism and task initiation also holds for prominent long-term goals, such as career-related goals (Creed et al, 2002;Patton et al, 2004).…”
Section: Optimism and Hopefulnessmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…The two-dimensionality of the scale with two largely unrelated factors of optimism a pessimism has been confirmed several times (e.g. Vautier, Raufaste, & Cariou, 2003;Creed, Patton, & Bartrum, 2002). The correlation between the two scales in our sample was r = -0.391.…”
Section: Instrumentsmentioning
confidence: 59%
“…This was assessed at T1 with the 3-positively worded items from the Life Orientation Test-Revised (LOT-R) (Scheier, Carver, & Bridges, 1994). Several researchers (Creed, Patton, & Bartrum, 2002;Marshall & Lang, 1990;Robinson-Whelen, Kim, MacCallum, & Kiecolt-Glasor, 1997) have found that the Life Orientation Test (LOT) and the LOT-R are not unidimensional, arguing that the negatively worded items appear to be assessing a construct other than optimism. Therefore, we included only the positively worded items.…”
Section: Methodsmentioning
confidence: 99%