The Stability of Dispositional Optimism in Relation to Receiving or Not Receiving a Cancer Diagnosis

  • Bredal I
  • Ekeberg Ø
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Abstract

We used the Life Orientation Test-Revised (LOT-R) as a unidimensional scale to investigate the stability of dispositional optimism and compared the results with the stability of anxiety and depression. Five hundred and twelve women completed the LOT-R and the Hospital Anxiety and Depression scale before follow-up mammography and 4 weeks after receiving the result (breast cancer or not). This study shows that dispositional optimism is relatively stable and is not influenced by receiving a cancer diagnosis.

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Bredal, I. S., & Ekeberg, Ø. (2016). The Stability of Dispositional Optimism in Relation to Receiving or Not Receiving a Cancer Diagnosis. Psychology, 07(06), 806–814. https://doi.org/10.4236/psych.2016.76083

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