Table 3.

State Optimism Measure item factor loadings by sample

Items	Sample 1 (Healthy)	Sample 2 (Cardiac)	Sample 3 (Substance Recovery)
1. I am feeling optimistic about life’s challenges.	.77	.83	.84
2. Right now, I expect things to work out for the best.	.76	.91	.86
3. I am feeling optimistic about my future.	.87	.90	.85
4. I feel that something good will happen today (in the next 24 hours).	.66	.73	.64
5. The future is looking bright to me.	.84	.89	.88
6. At the moment, I expect more to go right than wrong when it comes to my future.	.81	.91	.84
7. I am expecting things to turn out well.	.87	.93	.89