Life Orientation Test – Revised
Measures dispositional optimism — the general expectation that good rather than bad things will happen — as a single total score.
Please be as honest and accurate as you can throughout. Try not to let your response to one statement influence your responses to other statements. There are no correct or wrong answers.
0 Strongly Disagree1 Disagree2 Neutral3 Agree4 Strongly Agree
1. In uncertain times, I usually expect the best.
Strongly Disagree Strongly Agree
2. It's easy for me to relax.
Strongly Disagree Strongly Agree
3. If something can go wrong for me, it will.
Strongly Disagree Strongly Agree
4. I'm always optimistic about my future.
Strongly Disagree Strongly Agree
5. I enjoy my friends a lot.
Strongly Disagree Strongly Agree
6. It's important for me to keep busy.
Strongly Disagree Strongly Agree
7. I hardly ever expect things to go my way.
Strongly Disagree Strongly Agree
8. I don't get upset too easily.
Strongly Disagree Strongly Agree
9. I rarely count on good things happening to me.
Strongly Disagree Strongly Agree
10. Overall, I expect more good things to happen to me than bad.
Strongly Disagree Strongly Agree