Evaluation of the Dispositional Hope Scale in injury survivors

Abstract

Hope is a higher-order cognitive construct that encompasses the belief in one's ability to accomplish personal goals. Hope has been conceptualised as consisting of two constructs - Pathways (the individual's perceived means available to achieve goals) and Agency (belief in ones ability to succeed in using the identified Pathways). This study aimed to validate a measure of hope, the Dispositional Hope Scale (DHS: [Snyder, C. R., Harris, C., Anderson, J. R., Holleran, S. A., Irving, L. M., Sigman, S. T., et al. (1991). The will and the ways: Development and validation of an individual differences measure of hope. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 60(4), 570-585]) in a large sample ..