The Optimism–Pessimism Short Scale–2 (SOP2): a comprehensive validation of the English-language adaptation

Table 4 Descriptive statistics by nation for the SOP2 items

	M		SD		Skewness		Kurtosis
	UK	DE	UK	DE	UK	DE	UK	DE
Aggregate scale score	4.41	4.64	1.41	1.36	−0.39	−0.35	−0.20	−0.43
Item 1	4.50	4.71	1.55	1.44	−0.56	−0.50	−0.19	−0.20
Item 2	4.32	4.57	1.69	1.56	−0.22	−0.30	−0.90	−0.75

Note. The rating scale ranged from 1 (low) to 7 (high). UK = United Kingdom (N = 468), DE = Germany (N = 474)

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