A New Brief Scale to Measure Optimism.

This research was done to find if using maximum likelihood could reduce the Interactive Optimism Scale-Garcia to a new valid and reliable shorter version. There were 502 adults: 263 women and 239 men (M = 34.67, SD = 12.27). It was used in confirmatory factor analysis. A four-item scale is obtained...

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Published in:	Psychological Reports Vol. 124; no. 1; pp. 5 - 23
Main Authors:	Garcia Cadena, Cirilo H., Daniel González, Leopoldo, Valle de la O, Adrián
Format:	Article
Published:	Sage Publications Inc. Feb2021
Subjects:	Confirmatory factor analysis Optimism Standard deviations Root-mean-squares Approximation error
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