01467nas a2200205   4500000000100000008004100001260001800042653001000060653001300070653001400083653002800097100003400125700003600159245010100195856006600296300001000362490000700372520086800379022001401247       2016                            d  cjanbElsevier10aLOT-R10aOptimism10aPessimism10aPsychometric properties1 aJosé Eduardo Rondón Bernard1 aLuisa Teresa Angelucci Bastidas00aPsychometric properties of the Life Orientation Test (LOT-R) in a diabetic Venezuelan population  uhttp://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S1134793716300057  a11-180 v223 aThe purpose of this study was to examine the psychometric properties of the Life Orientation Test s optimism scale in its revised version as applied to a Venezuelan diabetic population. A sample of 300 people with diabetes participated. Internal consistency was analysed using Cronbach s alpha, factorial structure was evaluated using confirmatory analysis, and correlations were made using the MOS Social Support Survey, the Social Networks Scale (translated into Spanish) and the Coping Strategies Questionnaire. Sufficient reliability and acceptable discriminative power of the items were obtained, together with a clear two-dimensional structure (optimism and pessimism). Correlations with social support, social networks and coping strategies were weak, as expected. Verifying the obtained results in alternative samples with chronic diseases is recommended.  a1134-7937