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Does Childhood Adversity Predict the Effectiveness of Brief Hope Therapy? A Pilot Study

Panthee, Jyotsna
http://orcid.org/0009-0000-8393-2804
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=xupsy1683671896344883

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2023, Doctor of Psychology (Psy.D.), Xavier University, Psychology.
Instilling hope using brief hope therapy (BHI) has the potential to promote well-being among a variety of individuals across various contexts (e.g. Chang et al., 2019; Feldman & Dreher, 2012); however, research has not examined the variable effectiveness of BHI based on participants’ experiences of childhood adversity. The current study explores the effectiveness of BHI on hope, affect, well-being, and health behaviors in a sample of undergraduate students (N=61) across one month. Participants completed measure of adverse childhood experiences (ACEs), hope (state, trait, and goal-specific), affect, well-being, and health behaviors at pretest and were randomly assigned to hope therapy or control group. Participants completed questionnaires related to state variables at posttest and questionnaires related to trait variables at follow-up. Results indicated that participants in the BHI condition reported significantly greater increases in state hope levels and positive affect at post-test and trait hope levels during follow-up in comparison to the control group. There were no relationships between ACE scores and outcome variables at pretest, and ACEs did not significantly predict any of the outcome variables. BHI demonstrated to be equally effective in promoting hopeful thinking and positive affect among all individuals within the experimental condition, regardless of the amount ACEs they had experienced. Future studies may benefit from implementing BHI on samples known to have higher instances of ACEs and to compare the effectiveness of BHI among individuals without ACEs, with one or more ACEs, and with four or more ACEs. Additionally, future research should investigate ways to adjust the dosage of BHI to explore its effectiveness on well-being and health behaviors.
Jennifer Gibson, Ph.D (Committee Chair)
Stacey Raj, Ph.D (Committee Member)
Anne Fuller, Ph.D (Committee Member)
65 p.
Behavioral Sciences; Clinical Psychology; Cognitive Psychology; Counseling Psychology
childhood adversity, hope, well-being, health behaviors

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  • Panthee, J. (2023). Does Childhood Adversity Predict the Effectiveness of Brief Hope Therapy? A Pilot Study [Doctoral dissertation, Xavier University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=xupsy1683671896344883

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Panthee, Jyotsna. Does Childhood Adversity Predict the Effectiveness of Brief Hope Therapy? A Pilot Study . 2023. Xavier University, Doctoral dissertation. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=xupsy1683671896344883.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Panthee, Jyotsna. "Does Childhood Adversity Predict the Effectiveness of Brief Hope Therapy? A Pilot Study ." Doctoral dissertation, Xavier University, 2023. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=xupsy1683671896344883

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