http://www.spiritualityhealth.com/newsh/items/selftest/item_236.html

Read more about the explanatory style on Wikipedia:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Explanatory_style

Some people, the ones who give up easily, habitually say of their misfortunes: "It's me, it's going to last forever, it's going to undermine everything I do." Others, who resist giving in to misfortune, say: "This was just circumstances, it's going away quickly anyway, and, besides, there's much more to life." 

In other words, your explanatory style can be broken down into three main components. When bad (or good) events happened, you see them in varying degrees of:

PERMANENCE: Is it likely to continue? 
PERVASIVENESS: Is it reflective of your whole life? 
PERSONALNESS: Is it your fault? 

The 24 questions you just answered measure all three components for both good events and for bad events. From that information, we can determine:

HOPEFULNESS 
YOUR OVERALL OPTIMISM SCORE

1. PERMANENCE
Your Permanent, Bad-Event Score is: 1 > You are moderately optimistic
Your Permanent, Good-Event Score is: 3 > You are moderately optimistic

2. PERVASIVENESS: Specific vs. Universal
Your Pervasive, Bad-Event score is: 0 > You are very optimistic in this dimension
Your Pervasive Good-Event score is: 3 > You are moderately optimistic

3. PERSONALIZATION: Internal vs. External
Your Personal, Bad-Event score is: 2 > You are average
Your Personal, Good-Event score is: 2 > You are average

4. HOPE
Your Hopefulness Score is: 1 > You are very optimistic in this dimension

5. YOUR OVERALL SCORE IS: 5
Greater than 4 > You are very optimistic