Hope
Overview
- Influence: Hope
- Domain: Student
- Sub-Domain: Emotions
- Potential to Accelerate Student Achievement: Likely to have a small positive impact
- Influence Definition: Hope is an optimistic state of mind that is based on an expectation of positive outcomes. This relates to happiness in that students are more susceptible to opportunities for learning and engagement when possessing hopeful mindsets.
Evidence
- Number of meta-analyses: 2
- Number of studies: 56
- Number of students: 13,101
- Number of effects: 34
- Weighted mean effect size: 0.20
- Robustness index: 2
Meta-Analyses
| Journal Title | Author | First Author's Country | Article Name | Year Published | Variable | Number of Studies | Number of Students | Number of Effects | Effect Size |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Journal of Happiness Studies | Gallagher, Marques, & Lopez | Portugal | Hope and the academic trajectory of college students | 2017 | Hope on achievement | 45 | 9,250 | 23 | 0.26 |
| Western journal of nursing research | Yarcheski & Mahon | USA | Meta-analyses of predictors of hope in adolescents | 2016 | Hope on achievement | 11 | 3,851 | 11 | -0.04 |
| TOTAL/AVERAGE | 56 | 13,101 | 34 | 0.11 | |||||