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Fostering hope in children : effects of a hope intervention on levels of hope, self-esteem, life satisfaction and social support
Author(s)
Date Issued
2015
Publisher
Hong Kong: Hong Kong Shue Yan University
Description
Hong Kong Shue Yan University. Dept. of Counselling and Psychology.
Thesis (M.Soc.Sc.) -- Hong Kong Shue Yan University, 2015.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 31-36).
viii, 71 p.
Type
Thesis
Programme
Master of Social Sciences in Counselling Psychology
Abstract
This study examined the effectiveness of a home based, hope intervention on a group of
children and the resulting influence on their levels of hope, self-esteem, life satisfaction and
social support. The aim of the research was to increase hope, as conceptualized by Snyder et al. (1991), through one week training. Thirty Chinese children (mean age = 9.8 years) in
Hong Kong were recruited as participants for this study. They were randomly and equally
assigned into one of the two conditions: (a) experimental group or (b) wait list control group
which undergo the intervention one week later than the experimental group. The home based intervention consisted of seven exercises focused on training the three hope related components on goal setting, increase the way and will power spread over one week. For the experimental group, a pre-test, post-test and one month follow up data were collected. For the wait list control group, a baseline, a pre-test and a post-test were collected. Four measurement instruments (Children Hope Scale, The Chinese version of Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale, The Brief Multidimensional Student’s Life Satisfaction Scale and Dubow Social Support Scale) were utilized to assess the changes of the intervention. Insignificant results were found in the current study indicate ineffectiveness of the current intervention.
Implications for parents, children and practice of using the home based intervention in
fostering hope in children were discussed.
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