Chapter 8 Hope Amber Gilewski Tompkins Cortland Community College

Optimism & Well-Being Less stress, depression, and loneliness than pessimists Less stress, depression, and loneliness than pessimists More resistance to postpartum depression More resistance to postpartum depression Less distressed before and after surgery Less distressed before and after surgery Positively affects caregivers’ well-being Positively affects caregivers’ well-being Predictor of good health in college students Predictor of good health in college students Less likely to suffer a heart attack during bypass surgery Less likely to suffer a heart attack during bypass surgery Linked to longer life spans Linked to longer life spans

Hopeful People High hope people set more goals in many areas of life High hope people set more goals in many areas of life High hope people believe they control their own fate High hope people believe they control their own fate Find other ways to their goals when things don’t work out Find other ways to their goals when things don’t work out High hope people have better coping strategies High hope people have better coping strategies High hope people have a larger support network High hope people have a larger support network More likely to use humor, prayer, or meditation to help More likely to use humor, prayer, or meditation to help High hope people aren’t more intelligent, but more successful High hope people aren’t more intelligent, but more successful

Common wishes/hopes Health Health Wealth Wealth Happiness Happiness Healthy/happy/saf e/close family Healthy/happy/saf e/close family More of the same More of the same Good job Good job God God Housing Housing Peace Peace

Hope & Academic Success Hope predicts attendance to class Hope predicts attendance to class Hope predicts credits earned Hope predicts credits earned Hope predicts GPA Hope predicts GPA Hope predicts retention in college Hope predicts retention in college Hope is a stronger predictor of college success than are high school GPA, SAT, and ACT scores Hope is a stronger predictor of college success than are high school GPA, SAT, and ACT scores Hope is particularly important in the beginning of college Hope is particularly important in the beginning of college

Fostering Hope Identifying goals Identifying goals Strengthening willpower and waypower Strengthening willpower and waypower Visualizing success Visualizing success Learning optimism Learning optimism Communal hope Communal hope