DISTINGUISHING OPTIMISM FROM NEUROTICISM (AND TRAIT ANXIETY, SELF-MASTERY, AND SELF-ESTEEM) - A REEVALUATION OF THE LIFE ORIENTATION TEST
DISTINGUISHING OPTIMISM FROM NEUROTICISM (AND TRAIT ANXIETY, SELF-MASTERY, AND SELF-ESTEEM) - A REEVALUATION OF THE LIFE ORIENTATION TEST
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DOI：
10.1037/0022-3514.67.6.1063
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发表时间：
1994-12-01
影响因子：
7.6
通讯作者：
BRIDGES, MW
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作者：
SCHEIER, MF;CARVER, CS;BRIDGES, MW
通过生命取向测试评估的对处置乐观的研究（Scheier＆Carver，1985）受到质疑，其理由是归因于乐观的影响与未经测量的第三变量的效果没有区别，最著名的是神经质。来自4,309名受试者的数据表明，即使神经质的影响以及特质焦虑，自我掌握和自尊的影响也受到统计控制，乐观与抑郁与应对方面之间的关联仍然显着。因此，生命取向测试似乎确实具有足够的预测性和判别有效性。但是，以某些不同的理由对量表进行检查的确表明，未来的应用可以从其修订中受益。因此，我们还描述了对生命取向测试的微小修改，以及有关修订量表的心理测量特性的数据。
Research on dispositional optimism as assessed by the Life Orientation Test (Scheier & Carver, 1985) has been challenged on the grounds that effects attributed to optimism are indistinguishable from those of unmeasured third variables, most notably, neuroticism. Data from 4,309 subjects show that associations between optimism and both depression and aspects of coping remain significant even when the effects of neuroticism, as well as the effects of trait anxiety, self-mastery, and self-esteem, are statistically controlled. Thus, the Life Orientation Test does appear to possess adequate predictive and discriminant validity. Examination of the scale on somewhat different grounds, however, does suggest that future applications can benefit from its revision. Thus, we also describe a minor modification to the Life Orientation Test, along with data bearing on the revised scale's psychometric properties.