Revised Life Orientation Test

Items 2, 5, 6, and 8 are fillers. Responses to "scored" items are to be coded so that high values imply optimism. Researchers who are interested in testing the potential difference between affirmation of optimism and disaffirmation of pessimism should compute separate subtotals of the relevant items.
BUSY

It's important for me to keep busy.

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COUNT_GOOD

I rarely count on good things happening to me

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DONT_EXPECT

I hardly ever expect things to go my way.

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EXPECT

In uncertain times, I usually expect the best

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EXPECT_BAD

Overall, I expect more good things to happen to me than bad.

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FRNDS

I enjoy my friends a lot.

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OPTIMIST

I'm always optimistic about my future.

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RELAX

It's easy for me to relax

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UPSET

I don't get upset too easily.

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WRONG

If something can go wrong for me, it will

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