NDLI: Personal Resources, Hope, and Achievement Among College Students: The Conservation of Resources Perspective

Content Provider	Springer Nature Link
Author	Feldman, David B. Davidson, Oranit B. Margalit, Malka
Copyright Year	2014
Abstract	The current study examines the relationships of students’ grades and goal achievement to changes in three personal resources (hope, self-efficacy and optimism), before and following participation in a focused hope intervention. According to Hobfoll’s (Am Psychol 44:513–524, 1989) conservation of resources paradigm, people attempt to amass and protect personal resources (i.e., aspects of the self linked to resiliency), and existing resources can be mobilized in pursuit of further resources and achievements. The goal of the study was to identify individual differences related to changes in these resources and their relationships with academic achievement over time. Based on Snyder’s (The psychology of hope. Free Press, New York, 1994) Hope Theory, and augmented by concepts drawn from self-efficacy and optimism theories, 83 first-year college students participated in a focused hope intervention workshop. The results highlight individual differences in hope levels. Particularly, we found an interaction of time and hope levels on academic achievement. Students who achieved higher levels of hope following the workshop attained higher grades in the semester following the intervention, even though mean grades were not statistically different before the intervention. Optimism and self-efficacy scores both increased immediately following the workshop, but displayed different trajectories at follow-up. Hope manifested more consistent relationships than optimism or self-efficacy with grades over time. The implications of these changes for future research as well as for intervention in educational systems are discussed.
Starting Page	543
Ending Page	560
Page Count	18
File Format	PDF
ISSN	13894978
Journal	Journal of Happiness Studies
Volume Number	16
Issue Number	3
e-ISSN	15737780
Language	English
Publisher	Springer Netherlands
Publisher Date	2014-02-25
Publisher Place	Dordrecht
Access Restriction	One Nation One Subscription (ONOS)
Subject Keyword	Hope Theory Self-efficacy Optimism Intervention Academic achievement Conservation of resources (COR) Quality of Life Research Personality and Social Psychology Economics/Management Science Philosophy Positive Psychology
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Social Sciences

Sl.	Authority	Responsibilities	Communication Details
1	Ministry of Education (GoI), Department of Higher Education	Sanctioning Authority	https://www.education.gov.in/ict-initiatives
2	Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur	Host Institute of the Project: The host institute of the project is responsible for providing infrastructure support and hosting the project	https://www.iitkgp.ac.in
3	National Digital Library of India Office, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur	The administrative and infrastructural headquarters of the project	Dr. B. Sutradhar bsutra@ndl.gov.in
4	Project PI / Joint PI	Principal Investigator and Joint Principal Investigators of the project	Dr. B. Sutradhar bsutra@ndl.gov.in Prof. Saswat Chakrabarti will be added soon
5	Website/Portal (Helpdesk)	Queries regarding NDLI and its services	support@ndl.gov.in
6	Contents and Copyright Issues	Queries related to content curation and copyright issues	content@ndl.gov.in
7	National Digital Library of India Club (NDLI Club)	Queries related to NDLI Club formation, support, user awareness program, seminar/symposium, collaboration, social media, promotion, and outreach	clubsupport@ndl.gov.in
8	Digital Preservation Centre (DPC)	Assistance with digitizing and archiving copyright-free printed books	dpc@ndl.gov.in
9	IDR Setup or Support	Queries related to establishment and support of Institutional Digital Repository (IDR) and IDR workshops	idr@ndl.gov.in

Hope and the Academic Trajectory of College Students

Can Hope be Changed in 90 Minutes? Testing the Efficacy of a Single-Session Goal-Pursuit Intervention for College Students

When Less is More: A Short Version of the Personal Optimism Scale and the Self-Efficacy Optimism Scale

Positive Affect and Self-Efficacy as Mediators Between Personality and Life Satisfaction in Chinese College Freshmen

Self esteem self efficacy hope optimism and resilience among HIV positive adolescents an intervention study

“Building Hope for the Future”: A Program to Foster Strengths in Middle-School Students

An Investigation of Taiwanese College Students’ Personality Traits and Self-worth

Big Five Personality traits Self Efficacy and Optimism as predictors of Career Choice among college students

Acculturation, Economic Stress, Social Relationships and School Satisfaction Among Migrant Children in Urban China

Personal Resources, Hope, and Achievement Among College Students: The Conservation of Resources Perspective

Similar Documents

Hope and the Academic Trajectory of College Students

Can Hope be Changed in 90 Minutes? Testing the Efficacy of a Single-Session Goal-Pursuit Intervention for College Students

When Less is More: A Short Version of the Personal Optimism Scale and the Self-Efficacy Optimism Scale

Positive Affect and Self-Efficacy as Mediators Between Personality and Life Satisfaction in Chinese College Freshmen

Self esteem self efficacy hope optimism and resilience among HIV positive adolescents an intervention study

“Building Hope for the Future”: A Program to Foster Strengths in Middle-School Students

An Investigation of Taiwanese College Students’ Personality Traits and Self-worth

Big Five Personality traits Self Efficacy and Optimism as predictors of Career Choice among college students

Acculturation, Economic Stress, Social Relationships and School Satisfaction Among Migrant Children in Urban China

Personal Resources, Hope, and Achievement Among College Students: The Conservation of Resources Perspective