The Academic Lecture

Menninger, Karl A.

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“…Traditionally, hope was defined as the belief that one's goals are achievable and that a pathway to achieving these goals is possible and can be mapped out (Menninger 1959;Melges and Bowlby 1969). However, Snyder and his colleagues have recently demonstrated a need to expand this definition to include the motivation to follow these pathways (Snyder, Rand, and Sigman 2005).…”

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Developing autonomous learning in first year university students using perspectives from positive psychology

Macaskill

Denovan

2013

Studies in Higher Education

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Volume 38, Number 3, which is due out in May 2013. A. Macaskill and A. Denovan Studies in Higher Education 2 AbstractAutonomous learning is a commonly occurring learning outcome from University study and it is argued that students require confidence in their own abilities to achieve this. Using approaches from Positive Psychology, this study aimed to develop confidence in first year university students to facilitate autonomous learning. Psychological character strengths were assessed in 214 students on day one at university. Two weeks later their top three strengths were given to them in study skills modules as part of a psycho-educational intervention designed to increase their self-efficacy, and self-esteem. The impact of the intervention was assessed against a control group of 40 students who had not received the intervention. The results suggested that students were more confident after the intervention and that levels of autonomous learning increased significantly compared to the controls. Character strengths were found to be associated with self-efficacy, self-esteem, and autonomous learning in ways that were theoretically meaningful.

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Section: Defining Psychological Strengths Selectedmentioning

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Developing autonomous learning in first year university students using perspectives from positive psychology

Macaskill

Denovan

2013

Studies in Higher Education

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“…believed that many of the benefits of psychoanalysis could be explained by patients' "expectations, colored by hope and faith" in the treatment process (p. 289). Later, Menninger (1959) urged mental health practitioners to study hope, "a basic but elusive ingredient in our daily work" (p. 281). Like Freud, Menninger suggested that many psychotherapeutic gains might be attributable to increased hope during the course of treatment.…”

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A Meta-Analysis of hope enhancement strategies in clinical and community settings

Weis¹,

Speridakos

2011

Psychol Well-Being Theory Res Pract

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Background: The last two decades have seen the development of theoretical models of hope, which have greatly influenced the field of positive psychology and the study of well-being. Recently, there has been increased interest in using these theories to create interventions and other strategies to enhance hopefulness among clinic-referred individuals and members of the community. We used meta-analysis to determine whether these hope enhancement strategies were associated with (a) increased hopefulness, (b) improved life satisfaction, and (c) decreased psychological distress among participants. Results: Analysis of 27 studies involving 2, 154 participants showed significant, but small, effect sizes for hopefulness and life satisfaction and no overall relationship between hope enhancement strategies and decreased psychological distress. Moderation tests indicated greater effect sizes for studies involving brief interventions, conducted in laboratory settings, and administered to students or individuals recruited from the community. Results also suggested publication bias. Conclusions: As the current study provides only modest evidence for the ability of hope enhancement strategies to increase hopefulness or life satisfaction and no consistent evidence that hope enhancement strategies can alleviate psychological distress., traditional psychotherapeutic interventions or other effective positive psychological constructs (e.g., gratitude, optimism, mindfulness) might best be targeted in applied settings.

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“…A century ago, Neitzche (cited in Menninger, 1959) referred to hope as the worst of evils for it prolonged the torment of man", referring to those instances where false hopes promote wishful thinking, denial, and a maladaptive delay in confronting reality. Angell (1985), writing in the New England Journal of Medicine, suggested that efforts to link positive states of mind to recovery from illness may place an additional burden on the patient, who may be led to believe that recuperation is simply a matter of willpower.…”

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A Prospective Study of Hope, Optimism, and Health

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The present investigation sought to distinguish hope from optimism in the context of a 10-wk. prospective study involving reports of health outcomes. Gottschalk's (1985) Hope Scale and Scheier and Carver's (1987) Life Orientation Test which assesses optimism were given to subjects, along with a health questionnaire. Ten weeks later subjects were given a second health questionnaire. To rule out potential confounds we included measures of neuroticism, depression, extroversion, and social desirability. After controlling for the effects of correlated confounds, we found that lower hope scores (but not optimism) were correlated with several dimensions of reported health, including frequency and severity of illness.

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The Academic Lecture

Cited by 192 publications

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Developing autonomous learning in first year university students using perspectives from positive psychology

Developing autonomous learning in first year university students using perspectives from positive psychology

A Meta-Analysis of hope enhancement strategies in clinical and community settings

A Prospective Study of Hope, Optimism, and Health

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