Hope Above Racial Discrimination and Social Support in Accounting for Positive and Negative Psychological Adjustment in African American Adults: Is “Knowing You Can Do It” as Important as “Knowing How You Can”?

Chang, Edward C.; Chang, Olivia D.; Rollock, David; Lui, P. Priscilla; Watkins, Angela Farris; Hirsch, Jameson K.; Jeglic, Elizabeth L.

doi:10.1007/s10608-018-9949-y

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“…On-campus social support and hope have both been found to be related to ability to persist in college (D'Amico et al, 2018). Chang et al (2019) identified hope and social support as an effective adjustment mechanism of resilience to racial discrimination.…”

Section: Hopeful Thinkingmentioning

confidence: 96%

Perceived social support, loneliness, and hope during the COVID‐19 Pandemic: Testing a mediating model in the UK, USA, and Israel

Bareket‐Bojmel

Shahar

Abu-Kaf

et al. 2021

British J Clinic Psychol

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Objectives. The COVID-19 epidemic is affecting the entire world and hence provides an opportunity examine how people from different countries engage in hopeful thinking. The aim of this study was to examine the potentially facilitating role of perceived social support visa -vis hope as well as the mediating role of loneliness between perceived social support and hope. This mediating model was tested concurrently in the UK, the USA, and Israel. Methods. In April 2020, as the first wave of the virus struck the three aforementioned countries, we assessed perceived social support, loneliness, and hope in 400 adults per country (N = 1,200). Assessments in the UK/USA were conducted via the Prolific platform, whereas in Israel they were conducted via Facebook/WhatsApp. Results. In all three countries, perceived social support predicted elevated hope, although the effect was smallest in the UK. Loneliness mediated this effect in all three countries, although full mediation was attained only in the UK. Conclusions. Perceived social support may facilitate hope in dire times, possibly through the reduction of loneliness. Practitioner Points Findings are consistent with respect to the potentially protective role of perceived social support vis-avis hope. Perceived social support may increase hope through decreasing loneliness. In the UK, the above-noted mediating effect of loneliness appears to be stronger than in Israel and the USA. Elevated levels of perceived social support should serve as a desired outcome in individual and group psychotherapy, as well as in community based interventions.

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Section: Hopeful Thinkingmentioning

confidence: 96%

Perceived social support, loneliness, and hope during the COVID‐19 Pandemic: Testing a mediating model in the UK, USA, and Israel

Bareket‐Bojmel

Shahar

Abu-Kaf

et al. 2021

British J Clinic Psychol

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“…For example, hope and perceived social support were positively related among Chinese children with ADHD [ 43 ], and hope and social support were related to the ability to persist in college [ 44 ]. In addition, hope and social support were identified as an effective adjustment mechanism of resilience to racial discrimination [ 45 ].…”

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The Role of Perceived Social Support and Stress in the Relationship between Hope and Depression among Chinese Shadow Education Tutors: A Serial Mediation Model

Zhang

et al. 2022

IJERPH

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The association between hope and depression has been studied, leaving the underlying mechanism of how hope might predict depression unexplored. With a cross-sectional design, this study investigated two possible mediating factors in the relationship between hope and depression among Chinese shadow education tutors, who confront a high turnover rate and are at high risk for depression. Altogether, 221 tutors participated in the survey, and reported their dispositional hope, perceived social support (PSS), perceived stress (PS), and depression. Results indicated that both PSS and PS mediated the relationship between hope and depression. Results also supported the hypothesized serial mediating effect. In other words, hope as a positive disposition may promote PSS, which can mitigate PS. The reduced PS, in turn, alleviates depression. This finding not only shed light on the independent and accumulative mediating effects of PSS and PS, but also has implications for preventive interventions among Chinese shadow education tutors experiencing the enormous pressure of instability. This serial mediation model should be confirmed by further longitudinal study.

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“…(2004), a statistically significant positive relationship was reported between hope and psychological adjustment. In another study, it was found that psychological adjustment in individuals increases as individuals' level of hope increases (Chang et al ., 2019). A recent study conducted by Akdeniz and Gültekin Ahçı (2023) reported that hope is effective in psychological adjustment.…”

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Relations among self‐control, hope, and psychological adjustment: A two‐wave longitudinal mediation study

Deniz

Satıcı

Okur

et al. 2023

Scandinavian J Psychology

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While the relationships between self‐control, hope, and psychological adjustment have been examined in cross‐sectional studies, the fact that these variables have not been considered together in any longitudinal research creates a gap in the literature. Therefore, our study aimed to investigate the longitudinal relationships between self‐control, hope, and psychological adjustment. Specifically, a cross‐lagged panel study in two waves was conducted to examine whether hope mediated the association between self‐control and psychological adjustment using a Turkish college sample (N = 349). The results revealed that hope had a significant mediation effect in the longitudinal association between self‐control and psychological adjustment. In this direction, self‐control indirectly predicts psychological adjustment through hope. This longitudinal study reveals that having self‐control may have a positive influence on a person's level of hope and that hope may be a significant predictor of individual psychological adjustment.

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Hope Above Racial Discrimination and Social Support in Accounting for Positive and Negative Psychological Adjustment in African American Adults: Is “Knowing You Can Do It” as Important as “Knowing How You Can”?

Cited by 17 publications

References 56 publications

Perceived social support, loneliness, and hope during the COVID‐19 Pandemic: Testing a mediating model in the UK, USA, and Israel

Perceived social support, loneliness, and hope during the COVID‐19 Pandemic: Testing a mediating model in the UK, USA, and Israel

The Role of Perceived Social Support and Stress in the Relationship between Hope and Depression among Chinese Shadow Education Tutors: A Serial Mediation Model

Relations among self‐control, hope, and psychological adjustment: A two‐wave longitudinal mediation study

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