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A Randomized Clinical Trial Examining the Effectiveness of A Hope Intervention For Low SES Children

Karbasi, Amy L
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=xavier1394730339

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2010, Doctor of Psychology (Psy.D.), Xavier University, Psychology.
The present study implemented an intervention designed to increase hope based on Snyder et al.'s (1991) Hope Theory. This study included 49 children ages 7 through 13 from an inner-city after-school community center who participated in a nine-week Hope Intervention (HI) or a comparison group. One parent of each child also participated in the study by completing measures. In contrast to some previous studies that have demonstrated increased hope scores as a result of the intervention, no such increase was found in this study. However, participants in the HI showed significantly greater decreases in scores on the Hopelessness Scale for Children from pre-testing through follow-up testing than children in the comparison group. The present findings are discussed with reference to the development of meaningful programs to support resiliency in children.
Kathleen J. Hart, Ph.D., ABPP (Committee Chair)
Kathleen A. Burklow, Ph.D. (Committee Member)
Nicholas L. Salsman, Ph.D., ABPP (Committee Member)
176 p.
Clinical Psychology; Counseling Psychology
hope; community centers; urban poor; interventions; resilience in children

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  • Karbasi, A. L. (2010). A Randomized Clinical Trial Examining the Effectiveness of A Hope Intervention For Low SES Children [Doctoral dissertation, Xavier University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=xavier1394730339

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Karbasi, Amy. A Randomized Clinical Trial Examining the Effectiveness of A Hope Intervention For Low SES Children. 2010. Xavier University, Doctoral dissertation. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=xavier1394730339.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Karbasi, Amy. "A Randomized Clinical Trial Examining the Effectiveness of A Hope Intervention For Low SES Children." Doctoral dissertation, Xavier University, 2010. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=xavier1394730339

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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