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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Dec 11.
Published in final edited form as: Individ Differ Res. 2011;9(1):1–11.

Table 1.

Life Orientation Test and Life Orientation Test-Revised varimax-rotated factor loadings

Item Content Optimism Low Pessimism
Negatively-worded
If something can go wrong for me, it will. -0.08 (0.03) 0.75 (0.85)
I hardly ever expect things to go my way. 0.08 (0.03) 0.85 (0.90)
Things never work out the way I want them to. 0.01 0.88
I rarely count on good things happening to me. -0.13 (0.05) 0.79 (0.85)
Positively-worded
In uncertain times, I usually expect the best. 0.62 (0.77) -0.11 (-0.19)
I always look on the bleft side of things. 0.81 0.06
I’m always optimistic about my future 0.76 (0.79) 0.00 (-0.06)
I’m a believer that “every cloud has a silver lining” 0.51 -0.16
Overall, I expect more good things to happen to me than bad. (0.80) (0.13)

Note. Factor loadings in parentheses ( ) are from the items making up the LOT-R