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Andreas M. Krafft
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Krafft
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Andreas M.
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andreas.krafft@unisg.ch
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PublicationThe value of hope: Validation of the perceived hope scale in the Portuguese populationHope is a timeless phenomenon that has witnessed a re-emergence in recent times and has been conceptualized and measured in many different ways. The Perceived Hope Scale (PHS) intends to measure hope in an unbiased way, asking people directly about their experienced levels of hope. This paper presents the validation and psychometric evaluation of the PHS in the Portuguese context. It evaluates the reliability and the factorial structure via exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses, as well as convergent validity and predictive/incremental utility using two samples of 452 adult individuals and 266 university students. Results suggest that the Portuguese version of the PHS exhibits robust psychometric properties: a one-dimensional structure with high internal consistency, as well as convincing convergent validity and predictive power. The PHS was found to relate highly to other psychological dimensions, such as harmony in life, vitality, and flourishing (positively), and negatively with depression and anxiety, adding to their prediction beyond dispositional hope and optimism. Overall, the scale presented here proved to be a useful instrument for assessing perceived hope in the Portuguese context. This study is part of a yearly cross-cultural and cross-sectional internet survey entitled Hope Barometer.
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PublicationAdaptation, Further Elaboration, and Validation of a Scale to Measure Hope as Perceived by People: Discriminant Value and Predictive Utility Vis-à-Vis Dispositional HopeAgainst the background of different psychological conceptualizations of hope, this paper elaborates and validates a measure to assess hope as perceived by the general public adapting it from the hope and optimism subscale of the WHOQOL-SRPB. The results presented here are part of a yearly internet-based cross-sectional survey in Germany and Switzerland called Hope-Barometer, from which 4 samples of 3 different years with about 17’500 participants have been used. Following the results of exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses as well as convergent validity, discriminant value and predictive utility, our findings suggest that the 6-items of the resulting Perceived Hope Scale exhibits robust psychometric properties, and that perceived hope is distinct and broader than dispositional hope, in that it relates not only to cognitive but also to spiritual, religious and altruistic dimensions.Type: journal articleJournal: AssessmentVolume: online first
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PublicationHope for a Good Life: Results of the Hope-Barometer International Research ProgramThe first volume addressing hope as an existential need and resource for living a good life Presents data collected by the Hope-Barometer Survey in different countries Provides interventions to improve hope and increase overall well-being This volume addresses the convincing belief that hope is an existential need and resource for living a good life, not only when all is going well, but especially in difficult times. The findings reported in this volume result from the annual survey of the Hope-Barometer Research Program collected during 7 years and conducted in several countries. Structured in three parts, the first one provides the reader with a general introduction into the topic of hope, the theoretical and methodological foundations and major general results of the Hope-Barometer. Part two presents specific topics related to the levels and variations of hope across different population groups, and the relationship of hope with several measures of well-being. Further part three focuses on comparisons of elements and levels of hope across cultures discussing methods and techniques to improve hope and thus increase overall well-being.
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PublicationPositive Futures and Hope for a Better Life: A Transdisciplinary Approach for Imagining a Flourishing and Sustainable WorldThis chapter presents a methodology for students in secondary schools that offers them the opportunity to design alternative and positive future scenarios for themselves and the world. The strategy consists of combining the strengths of humanistic futures studies in education, on the one hand, and the strengths of positive psychology, on the other, with the goal of understanding our capacity to build hope. This interdisciplinary approach has been called positive futures, and the concrete program was titled Hope for a Better Life. The main purpose of this program is to combine individual future goals with visions of a good life in a better world and thus support young people in developing a more fundamental hope for happiness and fulfillment. Thinking about alternative and desired futures can give young people new sources of purpose, meaning, and orientation in life (Slaughter, 2002). Images of a better world can give them inspiration and hope (Eckersley, 2002). For this, they first need a realistic picture of a good life and a better world. This need not consist of only short-term goals but can also include long-term visions for the individual and society at large. And it needs clarity about what is important in life: “Beginning to see what is at the ‘core’ of life deepens one’s understanding of the human experience. It puts the everyday in perspective and hope partly emerges from becom�ing clearer about what it is that really matters” (Hicks, 2003 p. 73).Type: book section
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PublicationHope in the Indian Psychology Context: Philosophical Foundations and Empirical Findings(Springer International Publishing, 2018)
;Choubisa, Rajneesh ;Perrig-Chiello, PasqualinaWalker, AndreasThis chapter is dedicated to explore the concept of hope from an Indian perspective, reverting to the traditional philosophical scriptures of the Upanishads and the Srimadbhagwadgita and associating it to empirical findings derived from the Hope-Barometer survey. In order to investigate the ontological and epistemological roots, we firstly present the general claims of Indian Psychology, and secondly analyze the discourse on hope through the interpretive writings on the epic texts of two influential thinkers and philosophers' viz. Swami Vivekananda and Sri Aurobindo so as to formulate and unearth the core thoughts about hope. Next, we present an empirical cross-cultural comparison of various elements of hope with reference to results obtained on Indian and German samples. Hope is a universal phenomenon although with different cultural expressions and accents. Our findings reveal the similarities and differences between the two cultural and religious groups in terms of cognitive, spiritual and social sources and targets of hope.Type: book sectionVolume: 72Scopus© Citations 1 -
PublicationExploring the Concept and Experience of Hope – Empirical Findings and the Virtuous Circle of Hope(Springer International Publishing, 2018)
;Walker, Andreas ;Perrig-Chiello, PasqualinaWalker, AndreasThis chapter is dedicated to give an overview over the main findings of six years of the Hope-Barometer in Switzerland and Germany. The first results suggest that hope is mainly focused on one’s own private life and that economic, political and social domains are less relevant in terms of personal hope. Furthermore, hope as perceived by the public seems to be something different to dispositional hope with regard to self-centered, cognitive, relational, emotional, altruistic and spiritual-religious dimensions. Eudaimonic domains of well-being, such as personal health, family bonds, harmony in life, good social relations, meaning in life, altruistic behavior and in a special way also spiritual-religious experiences result in a virtuous circle of hope, in which the principle sources of hope are at the same time the most valued targets of hope, mutually reinforcing each other. Studies supporting the positive role of hope with regard to positive relations, positive feelings, physical and psychological health, and in consequence, its value for a happy and fulfilling life will be presented.Type: book sectionVolume: 72Scopus© Citations 3