The article I reviewed was entitled, "PSM-R: Revised optimism0-pessimism scale for the MMPI-2 and MMPI by Micheal Malinochoc, Kenneth Offord, and Robert Colligan. In this study 762 white women and 646 white men were used to standardize the PSM-R scale developed for use with the MMPI-2. All of the participants were screeened for physical and mental imparments prior to the study and all participants were found in the Rodchester, MN area. The initial scale was developed …showed first 75 words of 476 total…

…showed last 75 words of 476 total…that I am not following the results ri! ght but to me if you have contraditory findings like these you need to explain why this is and maybe make sure that you ran your analysis the right way. Overall I think that the use of this scale could be bennificial but I think other studies need to be conducted with a wider sample of people used to develop and norm the intial items. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ **Bibliography**