2025/12/18 · 1 voice
Psychology · #Optimism, Hope, and Well-being #Resilience and Mental Health #Psychological Well-being and Life Satisfaction
paper · doi:10.1093/oso/9780197618240.001.0001
openalex publication_date 2025/12/18 · openalex created_date 2025/12/18 · openalex updated_date 2026/05/21
Abstract This Oxford Compendium of Hope offers the most wide-ranging interdisciplinary introduction to hope research. Recognizing the importance of hope as a foundational human drive and noting the recent upsurge of attention to hope in both popular and scholarly discourses, it documents the state of research on hope across 14 disciplines and 12 content areas. Furthermore, it provides a historical context for the study of hope and contains an anthology of seminal writings on hope. Effort has been invested to reach a significant degree of integration between the chapters, setting the stage for future integrative, interdisciplinary research into hope; the Conclusion provides a future research agenda.