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Sep 15, 2024 · 1. We are dramatically more hopeful than an outsider might think. Watching the presidential election filled with doom-and-gloom campaign advertisements, it's easy to think America's...
- Hope Is 'A Resource'
- Hope and Optimism Are Not The Same
- How to Maintain Hope
- When Hope Feels Elusive
In a paper Gallagher published in 2013, he and other researchers looked at whether people expected their lives five years in the future to be good or better than their current ones. The study included more than 100,000 people from over 100 countries and found that worldwide, people tend to have positive expectations for the future – they often beli...
Although hope and optimism are sometimes used interchangeably, researchers say they are distinct. Hope is about using personal agency to achieve a desired outcome. Optimism is when people expect good things to happen more than bad ones. "Both are about positive expectations for the future but one is about the individual driving work towards their g...
Hope isn't always easy to hold on to, experts say. In the face of something like persistent racism, for example, hope can feel elusive and at times even illogical. "In the context of coronavirus, the discriminations, all the inequities in society, it's something that is definitely more difficult in these circumstances for some individuals to mainta...
There's no shame in struggling to hope, psychologists say. It's not a personal failure to feel as though a better future is elusive. Taking expectations too far, they say, can border on naivete, and can start to seem like false hope. But even if someone doesn't feel their desired outcome is likely, Colier said, it's important to continue to believe...
- Alia E. Dastagir
- Senior News Reporter
Apr 23, 2024 · Compassion is making a comeback in America. A decade ago, research showed a troubling dip in empathy. A new study provides more hope.
- Jamil Zaki
Sep 19, 2024 · On the cusp of an historic election where partisan divides are tearing both families and communities apart, USA TODAY went out looking for hope in America.
Dec 19, 2019 · I’m speaking here of substantial hopes for our future together as citizens and for our lives in America today, such as hoping for equal treatment of all citizens under the law or an economy that provides opportunities and economic mobility for everyone.
Nov 18, 2021 · Based on these surveys, here are six facts about where Americans find meaning in life and how those responses have shifted over the past four years. The analysis also examines how attitudes in the U.S. compare with those in 16 other advanced economies surveyed by the Center in 2021.
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May 31, 2023 · Key points. Hope is critical to better life outcomes because of its agentic properties. Those who lack hope and are in despair in the U.S. are experiencing a crisis of preventable premature...
