An Analysis of Hope as a Psychological Strength

Autor/inn/en	Valle, Michael F.; Huebner, E. Scott; Suldo, Shannon M.
Titel	An Analysis of Hope as a Psychological Strength
Quelle	In: Journal of School Psychology, 44 (2006) 5, S.393-406 (14 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0022-4405
DOI	10.1016/j.jsp.2006.03.005
Schlagwörter	Psychologists; Longitudinal Studies; Personality Traits; Middle School Students; High School Students; Predictive Validity; Adolescents; Life Satisfaction; Well Being; Stress Variables; Cognitive Development; Motivation; Rating Scales; Psychological Patterns + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Psychologist; Psychologe; Psychologin; Longitudinal study; Longitudinal method; Longitudinal methods; Längsschnittuntersuchung; Individual characteristics; Personality characteristic; Persönlichkeitsmerkmal; Middle school; Middle schools; Student; Students; Mittelschule; Mittelstufenschule; Schüler; Schülerin; High school; High schools; Oberschule; Studentin; Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; Lebensvollendung; Well-being; Wellness; Wohlbefinden; Kognitive Entwicklung; psychologische; Motivation (psychologisch); Rating-Skala
Abstract	Psychologists have placed an increased emphasis on identifying psychological strengths that foster healthy development. Hope, as operationalized in Snyder's hope theory [Snyder, C. R., Hoza, B., Pelham, W. E., Rapoff, M., Ware, L., & Danovsky, M., et al. (1997). The development and validation of the children's hope scale. "Journal of Pediatric Psychology," 22, 399-421], is one such cognitive-motivational construct that has received recent attention as a potential psychological strength that may serve as a protective factor for adolescents in the face of adverse life events. This longitudinal study, involving middle and high school students, provided evidence of (1) stability of hope reports of adolescents over a 1-year period, (2) predictive validity of adolescent hope reports, and (3) hope's functional role as a moderator in the relationship between stressful life events and adolescent well-being. Taken together, the results provide support for consideration of hope as a key psychological strength in youth. The findings are consistent with theories of motivation in which individual differences in hopeful thinking are conceptualized to play a functional role in linking life events and psychological well being. (Author).
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