Source: Scheier, Carver, and Bridges, 1994

This revised version of the Life Orientation Test is meant to be completed by people working their way through the twelve chapters of the Resilience Playbook by Elaine Shpungin, Ph.D.

Playbook participants may use this brief scale to track their progress.

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FIRST TIME: Ideally, you will complete this as a "pre-assessment" before you read Chapter One or engage with any further Playbook content.

RE-ASSESSMENT: If you are completing one chapter per week, you are invited to fill this out again at the end of the twelve-week period, to check for progress and growth. If you are completing the Playbook over the course of a year (one month per chapter), you are invited to complete it again every three months.

TRACKING PROGRESS: To help you track progress over time, this form will ask for your email address and send you a copy of your responses. Your email will NOT be shared with anyone without your consent. If you want to be subscribed to Elaine's newsletter, you can give consent below. Otherwise, you will not be contacted.

DIRECTIONS: Please be as honest and accurate as you can throughout. Try not to let your response to one statement influence your responses to other statements. There are no "correct" or "incorrect" answers. Answer according to your own feelings, rather than how you think "most people" would answer.