Hello, after reading your initial discussion post on the constuct of optisim, I found additional research on the topic. A study conducted by Arrigani and Guzman (2024) focused on optimism in relation to female participants diagnosed with breast cancer. Arrigani and Guzman (2024) implemented the measure of a Questionnaire of Optimism, containing nine items, with a five point Likert scale. The results, from a statistical standpoint indicated optimism indicated a significantly high level of reliability (Arrigani & Guzman, 2024). Additonal research on the construct of optimism, presented by Soofi et al., (2023) examined certain components in relation to each other of their participants, including optimism, procrasnation, physical and mental health. The measure implemented to assess optimism was the Life Orientation Test Revised (LOT-R), which contains ten items, three which directly measure optimism (Soofi et al., 2023). The findings of the study, determined optimism has a strong correlation to both physical and mental health (Soofi et al., 2023). Do you feel an assessment, which direclty contains items to measure optiimism demonstrates a higher level of validity, over similar assessments? If so, in what way?
