Rating; 1 = Strongly Disagree to 6 = Strongly Agree

Mean

SD

Factor Analysis

1

2

1. Panic can be easily unlearned, but cannot be cured by medication.

3.32

1.16

0.64

0.03

2. Dieting, in the long run, almost never works.

3.26

1.33

0.27

0.00

3. The sexual “dysfunctions”―frigidity, impotence, premature ejaculation―are easily unlearned.

2.90

0.98

0.66

−0.06

4. Kids do not become androgynous easily.

3.55

1.01

0.47

0.18

5. Our moods, which can wreak havoc with our physical health, are readily controlled.

3.23

1.11

0.61

0.11

6. No treatment is known to improve on the natural course of recovery from alcoholism.

3.03

0.96

0.26

0.50

7. Depression can be cured by straightforward changes in conscious thinking or helped by medication, but it cannot be cured by insight into childhood.

3.18

1.13

0.09

0.74

8. Homosexuals cannot become heterosexual.

3.72

1.48

−0.25

0.47

9. Optimism is a learned skill. Once learned, it increases achievement at work and improves physical health.

3.98

1.06

0.22

−0.17

10. Reliving childhood trauma does not undo adult personality problems.

3.33

1.05

0.07

0.69

Items in Italics are those Seligman claims are changeable

Eigenvalue

1.76

1.56

Variance

117.06

15.64