Abstract
The aim of this study was to develop and validate a measure of social hope. Previous studies have extensively reported on personal hope and its outcomes. Although a few studies have suggested the concept of collective or social hope, there is no instrument to assess the construct. In this study, we created a 5-item scale, drawing on Snyder's hope theory, and collected two sets of survey data online. Analysis of these data sets revealed that the new scale was structurally unidimensional and internally consistent. In association with Snyder's State Hope Scale, the Social Hope Scale showed convergent and discriminant validity. The social hope construct also exhibited theoretically meaningful relationships with political efficacy and self-construal (concurrent validity). Finally, social hope was higher for those who had participated in certain types of social activism than it was for those who had not (predictive validity). These results suggest that the Social Hope Scale is a reliable and valid self-report measure of hopeful thinking for society.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 18-27 |
| Number of pages | 10 |
| Journal | Asian Journal of Social Psychology |
| Volume | 22 |
| Issue number | 1 |
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| Publication status | Published - 2019 Mar |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:The authors would like to disclose receipt of the following financial support for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article. This work was supported by the Ministry of Education of the Republic of Korea and the National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF-2016S1A5A2A03927298).
Publisher Copyright:
© 2018 Asian Association of Social Psychology and John Wiley & Sons Australia, Ltd
All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes
- Social Psychology
- Social Sciences(all)