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The Unique Psychology of Hope
... Birth order may primarily or exclusively affect those parts of the personality system that are inaccessible or that are covered up (Marini & Kurtz, 2011). As a child, of course, have good hopes and desires that are positively related to self-esteem, and positive expectations (Bailis & Chipperfield, 2018;Bruininks, 2012), for his family like the family is always in a state of adequate good regarding clothing, shelter, and food. Younger siblings can complete education with good results. ...
Birth order is one of the most extensive human experiences and is considered to determine how smart, good, responsible, sociable, emotionally stable, and open to new experiences. Therefore, parents assume the birth orderly child is always reliable and can open the way to help his younger siblings later which makes his role very necessary in the family. This study aims to analyze how the role of the birth orderly child in the family is to find the initial process of the birth orderly child to reach his role in the family. Using the Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis (IPA) data analysis technique, this study involved 5 study participants with criteria for children in the first birth order. The results show that with the duties and responsibilities that were carried out early on, the recognition of roles and goals in achieving the well-being of the family made the birth orderly child able to proceed and make himself a role in the scope of the family.
... Snyder et al. (1996) defined adult state hope as a goaldirected individual strength that can be applied in any given moment or situation. Hope is, therefore, a multifaceted attribute that often occurs during adverse circumstances (Bruininks, 2012). ...
Orientation: This rapidly changing world requires local government institutions to focus on positive work-related states to enhance quality service delivery.
Research purpose: The main objective of this article was to explore how individual traits and psychological strengths (i.e. adult state hope, meaning in life and work locus of control) moderate or mediate the relationship between job satisfaction and organisational commitment in a Botswana local government institution.
Motivation for the study: The emergence of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic forced employers to rely on the foundations of positive organisational psychology to navigate employee well-being more effectively during times of unprecedented crisis.
Research approach/design and method: A quantitative research approach was followed. An adapted Minnesota job satisfaction questionnaire, organisational commitment questionnaire, adult state hope scale, meaning in life questionnaire and work locus of control scale were distributed to public sector officials of a Botswana local government institution (N = 405).
Main findings: Adult state hope, meaning in life and work locus of control partially mediated the relationship between job satisfaction and organisational commitment.
Practical/managerial implications: Management should create a workplace culture that can promote job satisfaction amongst public officials. Job satisfaction influences essential individual and outcomes organisational in public sector institutions.
Contribution/value-add: This research is original and provides evidence for the use of positive psychology constructs (i.e. adult state hope, meaning in life and work locus of control) combined with job satisfaction to enhance organisational commitment.
... Hope is a multifaceted human attribute, and a natural coping reaction to extreme situations (Sibley et al., 2020). Typically categorized as a positive emotion, it often occurs in the midst of negative or uncertain circumstances (Bruininks, 2012). Hope is also a cognitive construct which translates the belief that a positive future outcome is possible (Luo et al., 2020). ...
Introduction: A pandemic with the severity of COVID-19 affects people’s lives physically,
as well as their daily routines, views of the world, and emotional balance. Lockdown is
often an unpleasant experience due to a separation from loved ones, loss of freedom,
and uncertainty over the disease status. To adjust, individuals and groups have had to
adapt their perceptions of the event to the current scenario. This study aims to describe
the perceptions of confined people on the changes occurring in their lives in the aftermath
of the COVID-19 lockdown.
Methods: A total of 1,534 individuals (26.6% men; 73.4% women; mean age 41.6)
responded to the questionnaire comprising 19 closed and five open-ended questions
about the changes they anticipated in their lives in the immediate post-confinement era.
Results: Two definite groups appeared in the results: those who lived the confinement
pleasantly, and those for which it was painful. They differ according to their confinement
conditions and perceived degree of exposure to the virus. There seems to be a link for
those who had a pleasant experience to a lower perceived exposure to the virus and
less burdensome confinement conditions (young children, surface area, etc.). Lockdown
conditions seem to influence the respondents’ perceptions: a pleasant experience is
associated with a vision of the society’s evolution at large, and the care about its
economic and professional progress; a painful one is associated more with focusing
on the immediate needs of social support and personal well-being.
Discussion: Emotional experience during lockdown impacts the perception of its
aftermath, with hope and anxiety becoming two ways of coping with uncertainty.
Keywords: COVID-19 pandemic, lockdown context, post lockdown perception, anxiety, hope
... Hope is a multifaceted human attribute, and a natural coping reaction to extreme situations (Sibley et al., 2020). Typically categorized as a positive emotion, it often occurs in the midst of negative or uncertain circumstances (Bruininks, 2012). Hope is also a cognitive construct which translates the belief that a positive future outcome is possible (Luo et al., 2020). ...
Introduction: A pandemic with the severity of COVID-19 affects people's lives physically, as well as their daily routines, views of the world, and emotional balance. Lockdown is often an unpleasant experience due to a separation from loved ones, loss of freedom, and uncertainty over the disease status. To adjust, individuals and groups have had to adapt their perceptions of the event to the current scenario. This study aims to describe the perceptions of confined people on the changes occurring in their lives in the aftermath of the COVID-19 lockdown.
Methods: A total of 1,534 individuals (26.6% men; 73.4% women; mean age 41.6) responded to the questionnaire comprising 19 closed and five open-ended questions about the changes they anticipated in their lives in the immediate post-confinement era.
Results: Two definite groups appeared in the results: those who lived the confinement pleasantly, and those for which it was painful. They differ according to their confinement conditions and perceived degree of exposure to the virus. There seems to be a link for those who had a pleasant experience to a lower perceived exposure to the virus and less burdensome confinement conditions (young children, surface area, etc.). Lockdown conditions seem to influence the respondents' perceptions: a pleasant experience is associated with a vision of the society's evolution at large, and the care about its economic and professional progress; a painful one is associated more with focusing on the immediate needs of social support and personal well-being.
Discussion: Emotional experience during lockdown impacts the perception of its aftermath, with hope and anxiety becoming two ways of coping with uncertainty.
... Categorized as a positive emotion, hope often occurs in the midst of negative or uncertain circumstances or when the situation appears to be bleak and also in the face of improbable. Understood as a multifaceted human attribute hope is also decidedly cognitive "yet has a unique affective quality that provides us the motivation to pursue future outcomes (Bruininks, 2012). ...
This study aimed to expand psychological research on hope by contributing a construct and scale to measure central dimensions of theistic eschatological hope derived from Christian scriptures. Eschatological hope was conceptualized as the anticipation that God will make all things new, raising people to everlasting life with God in joyful celebration, including people from every culture and nation, ending all personal pain and suffering, eliminating all societal evil and harm, and bringing reconciliation and healing to all of creation. We developed the Eschatological Hope Scale with three studies (N = 1,466). Exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses supported the single-factor structure of a 6-item scale with excellent internal consistency (Cronbach' s α > .91) and good test-retest reliability. The Eschatological Hope Scale evidenced construct validity, showing significant non-redundant correlations with measures of temporal hope, religiosity, and spirituality. The Escha-tological Hope Scale scores positively correlated with gratitude, forgivingness, and life hardship patience. Scores inversely correlated with depressed and anxious symptoms, negative religious coping, and negative attitudes toward God. Scores were not significantly correlated with extrinsic religiosity and searching for meaning. The Eschatological Hope Scale demonstrated incremental validity beyond other variables (hope and optimism, depression and anxiety, and religiosity) to predict three target variables: perceived presence of meaning in life, ultimate meaning, and flourishing. We offer the Eschatological Hope Scale as a gateway scale to catalyze further developments in measuring eschatological hope. We hope this work will facilitate research on the experience of living with ultimate hope across cultures and faith traditions, in seasons of suffering and celebration.
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