Document Type

Article

Publication Date

11-2006

Source Publication

Personality and Individual Differences

Abstract

This research provided a preliminary investigation of how variations in trait and state hope are associated with positive adaptation to stress in later adulthood. Trait hope and neuroticism were measured by questionnaires and state hope, stress, and negative emotions were assessed daily for 45 days. Results from multilevel random coefficient modeling analyses suggested that daily hope provides protective benefits by keeping negative emotions low, while also contributing to adaptive recovery from stress. The dynamic linkages between daily hope, stress, and emotion were further moderated by individual differences in trait hope. Compared with those low in trait hope, high-hope individuals showed diminished stress reactivity and more effective emotional recovery.

Comments

Originally published in Personality and Individual Differences, Volume 41, No. 7 (November 2006), online at: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.paid.2006.03.028