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David B. Feldman, PhD Santa Clara University

Nurturing Your

What is

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The Benefits of Hope

• Grades & sports performance • Goal accomplishment • Depression and anxiety • Meaning in life • Cardiovascular health

(Curry, Snyder, Cook, Ruby, & Rehm, 1997; Feldman, Rand, & Wrobleski, in press; Feldman & Sills, 2008; Feldman & Snyder, 2005; Snyder, Berg, et al., 2005;

Tennen & Affleck, 1999)

Profound Slide

Hope is good.

How Hopeful am I?

• Add up the six items on the test you took.

• Scores range from 6 to 48. • Average score is about 37 (give or

take a couple points). • Hope can be increased!

The Basketball Study

Seeing is believing… People with lower hope tend to passively wish for a goal to come true, but can’t vividly

see how it could happen.

Hopeful people can literally see themselves accomplishing their goals. This makes it

more likely to actually happen.

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Nurturing Your Hope

Hope Mapping

Structured Daydreaming

Questions?