College Students’ Academic Achievement: Exploring the Role of Hope and Academic Self-Efficacy

In the present study, the relationships among trait hope, academic self-efficacy, and academic achievement (self-reported GPA) were examined among college students. Demographic differences were analyzed based on college-going status, ethnicity, and gender. First-generation college-going students (FGCS) reported significantly lower levels of hope, academic self-efficacy, and academic achievement when compared to non-FGCS. Male students reported significantly lower academic self-efficacy compared to female students. There was no statistically significant difference between non-White and White students. Overall, academic self-efficacy was a stronger predictor of achievement than hope. Between the two subscales of trait hope, agency was more strongly correlated with academic achievement than pathways. Furthermore, a mediation analysis indicated that academic self-efficacy fully accounted for the relationship between agency and academic achievement, which suggests that perceived capacity and agency to perform tasks in a specific domain may be more strongly associated with academic achievement than a general sense of hope and motivation.

Access Granted? An Examination of Financial Capability, Trait Hope, Perceived Access, and Food Insecurity in Distressed Census Tracts

Food insecurity and poor nutrition negatively affect consumer health and well-being. Trait hope is conceptualized as a powerful thought process that can facilitate change. However, it is unclear how trait hope, the sense that one can successfully plan and put forth energy to meet goals, influences food insecurity among impoverished consumers. The authors conducted an evaluative study using in-home surveys (n = 498) in seven distressed census tracts of a midsized southeastern U.S. city to understand how financial capability and trait hope, a cognitive process, interact to influence perceived access to fresh food among Black and Hispanic consumers that disproportionately face food insecurity. Trait hope positively moderated the relationship between financial capability and perceived access, which was related to lower food insecurity. The results, which indicated important differences related to race/ethnicity, suggest that interventions that improve financial capability and increase trait hope may improve efficacy of food and nutrition assistance programs.

HARAPAN PADA PENYAKIT GINJAL KRONIS TAHAP AKHIR (PGKTA) : SYSTEMATIC REVIEW

Latar belakang:. Harapan merupakan faktor prediktor independen yang berhubungan langsung dengan kualitas hidup PGKTA. Harapan memiliki peran penting untuk meningkatkan motivasi, koping, kemauan menjalani pengobatan dan outcome positif PGKTA.Tujuan: Tujuan dari sistematic review ini adalah untuk mengidentifikasi konsep harapan berdasarkan definisi dan instrumen yang dapat digunakan untuk mengukur harapan PGKTA, mengidentifikasi faktor yang mempengaruhi harapan PGKTA.Metode: Metode pencarian melalui PUBMED dan Google Schoolar dengan kata kunci “hope, End Stage Renal Disease, End Stage Renal Failure, Hemodialysis”. Hanya jurnal dalam Bahasa Inggris, full text, dipublikasikan tahun 2000-2019 dan menggunakan harapan sebagai tema utama dalam pembahasan yang digunakan dalam pembuatan sistematik review ini.Hasil : Harapan di definisikan sebagai kekuatan dalam diri individu yang membantu pasien keluar dari zona sakitnya dan meningkatkan derajat kesehatannya. Alat ukur yang dapat dipakai antara lain Herth Hope Index, The Trait Hope Scale, Adult Hope Scale, Miller Hope Scale, Basic Hope Inventory.Kesimpulan: Perlu kajian lebih dalam mengenai faktor dominan yang mempengaruhi harapan untuk membantu penentuan asuhan keperawatan yang tepat terkait harapan.

What’s Right With Men? Gender Role Socialization and Men’s Positive Functioning

This study explored relations between conformity to masculine norms, gender role conflict, hope, and psychological well-being among a sample of 389 men from a university, with a predominantly White student body, located in the Midwestern United States. Bivariate correlations revealed that men’s conformity to masculine norms and gender role conflict were positively correlated. Bivariate correlations revealed no significant relations between conformity to masculine norms, trait hope, and psychological well-being. Gender role conflict was associated with decreased hope and psychological well-being. Results of path analysis explained relations between conformity to masculine norms, gender role conflict, trait hope, and psychological well-being. This indicates that gender role conflict may contribute to lower trait hope and psychological well-being for college men. Although several aspects of conformity to masculine norms had positive associations with hope, these relations were significant and negative when men experienced gender role conflict. This work fills an important gap in the literature by examining the unique relations of conformity to masculine norms and gender role conflict to men’s positive functioning. Results are discussed within the context of positive psychological theories including Frederickson’s broaden and build theory of positive emotions, hope theory, Ryff’s model of psychological well-being, and self-determination theory. Implications and future directions are discussed.

Hope: The Psychology of What Makes One Happy

The present paper pinpoints on a very simple and straightforward concept of hope. The aim of this paper is twofold. First, hope is explored within the theoretical framework of positive psychology, which considers hope as a character strength that contributes to wellbeing and happiness. Second, to examine relationship between hope and happiness. Sample comprised of fifty undergraduate students from D.A.V College, Chandigarh in the age range of 18-21 years. Adult Trait Hope Scale (Snyder et al., 1991) and Oxford Happiness Questionnaire (2002) were used to measure hope and happiness respectively. Correlation analysis was carried out and results revealed positive significant correlation between hope and happiness i.e. (r = 0.721, p ≤ 0.01). It indicated that students high in hope are more likely to experience happiness. In today’s time where there is so much of hassle, stress and anxiety among adolescents, hence, there is a need for parents, psychologists, counsellors and even teachers to inculcate character strength like hope in order to produce effects such as self belief, self esteem and happiness.