Has anyone got any published or unpublished works, showing any aspects of the relationship between either hope, optimism and coping?

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Dustin Johnson

If you're looking to broaden your search you could look into Psychological Capital (if you haven't already). It is the combination of Hope, Optimism (as different variables), resilience, and self-efficacy.

Adrian J Tomyn

Track down this paper for a description of these variables in a broader theoretical context:

http://link.springer.com/article/10.1023%2FA%3A1015678915305

Jos Akkermans

PsyCap is a very useful avenue for broadening your scope. You may want to look at recent studies investigating personal resources and positive emotions in the workplace, which often use PsyCap as a theoretical basis. For example, Else Ouweneel wrote her PhD thesis "Building Towards Engagement" (2012) in which she also studies these concepts.

Merisa Bradley

They span a lot of discipline's don't they... Might be useful to look at a concept analysis then! Thank you all fir your help. I am putting all this is my scope / plan...

Arthur R. Rademaker

Hi,

I have some data from a sample of 112 middle-aged peace-keeping veterans that filled out the revised Life Orientation Test, and a Dutch coping questionnaire (UCL), as well as some other questionnaires. Just let me know what you are looking for.

Also, here are some 'old school' references, including one meta-analysis, that you probably allready have, but just to be sure ;-)

Carver, C. S., Pozo, P., Harris, S. D., Noriega, V., Scheier, M. F., Robinson, D. S., . . . Clark, K. C. (1993). How coping mediates the effect of optimism on distress: A study of women with early stage breast cancer. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 65, 375-390.

Scheier, M. F., & Carver, C. S. (1987). Dispositional optimism and physical well-being: The influence of generalized outcome expectancies on health. Journal of Personality, 55(2), 169-210.

Solberg Nes, L., & Segerstrom, S. C. (2006). Dispositional optimism and coping: A meta-analytic review. Personality and Social Psychology Review, 10(3), 235-251.

Best,

Arthur

Juan C Melendez

we published this work in Aging & Mental health

Resilience and coping as predictors of general well-being in the elderly: a structural equation modeling approach.

Hi Arthur, I am specifically looking at the influence of optimism on coping strategies employes and compering them to the influence of Hope on coping strategies. There are few studies that look at all three to give solid comparisons. If you think your data might help that would be fabulous. I had not come across the meta-analysis yet so thank you for that. Happy Christmas.