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| Title: |
The Utility of the Revised Life Orientation Test to Measure Optimism among Hong Kong Chinese |
| Author: |
Yu, Julian C. L. Lai Him Cheung Wai-man Lee Helen |
| Appeared in: |
International journal of psychology |
| Paging: | Volume 33 (1998) nr. 1 pages 45-56 |
| Year: |
1998-02-01 |
| Contents: |
To examine the utility of the revised Life Orientation Test (LOT-R) to measure optimism among Hong Kong Chinese, the psychometric properties of the revised and the original versions of the Life Orientation Test were compared. A total of 248 Hong Kong Chinese undergraduates were studied in the fall and 165 of these participants were tested again 5 months later. Results indicated that the LOT-R is a reliable and valid measure of dispositional optimism among Hong Kong Chinese. Confirmatory factor analysis showed that the LOT-R represents a one-factor model of optimism better than does the original version. Despite its brevity, the LOT-R is psychometrically sounder than the original sclae. These findings point to the feasibility of replacing the original with the revised scale in future research among Hong Kong Chinese. However, the utility of the revised test in cross-cultural comparisons may still be limited by the absence of emic components. Further research on optimism in the Chinese people with the LOT-R should pay more attention to the identification of emic dimensions. L'utilite du Life Orientation Test revise (LOT-R) pour mesurer l'optimisme chez des chinois de Hong Kong est evaluee en comparant les proprietes psychometriques des versions originale et revisee. Un echantillon de 248 etudiants pregradues a ete etudie a l'automne et 165 de ces participants ont ete retestes 5 mois plus tard. Les resultats indiquent que le LOT-R est une mesure fiable et valide de la tendance a l'optimisme chez les chinois de Hong Kong. Une analyse factorielle confirmatoire montre que le LOT-R represente mieux que la version originale le modele unifactoriel de l'optimisme. Bien qu'il soit bref, le LOT-R est une meilleure mesure que l'epreuve originale. Ces resultats demontrent qu'il est possible maintenant de remplacer l'epreuve originale par l'epreuve revisee dans les futures recherches sur les chinois de Hong Kong. Cependant, l'utilite de l'epreuve revisee dans les comparaisons interculturelles peut encore demeurer limitee a cause de l'absence de composantes emiques. A l'avenir, les travaux sur l'optimisme du peuple chinois qui utiliseront le LOT-R devront porter plus attention a l'identification des dimensions emiques. |
| Publisher: |
Psychology Press |
| Source file: |
Elektronische Wetenschappelijke Tijdschriften |
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