Hope

Strengths

Hope

Quick definition

Optimistic about the future. Believes in positive outcomes.

Average user score

60

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High scorers believe have a positive outlook on the future. Hope does not imply blind optimism: hopeful people do not just expect good things to come; they believe that they have the agency to create positive outcomes and have a tendency to focus on future good instead of future bad.

Related Traits

Hope is related to an Internal Locus of Control. Hopeful people believe have a high sense of self-agency: they believe life can be explained by their decisions and actions and that they have the power to create a better future for themselves.

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