Hope and optimism.
9 catalogued instruments are currently grouped under this construct, across 6 domains: Clinical: broadband and severity; Developmental, child, family and couple; Work: attitudes and wellbeing; Large-scale assessment; Self-regulation and positive traits; Vocational interests and career.
Instruments are grouped by what each entry’s description says it measures, and the list may be incomplete. Read each entry for its exact coverage.
- RAS - Recovery Assessment Scale
Clinical: broadband and severity. 41 (RAS-41); 24 (RAS-24 / RAS-R); shorter RAS-20 and RAS-8 derivatives. open with attribution.
- DESSA - Devereux Student Strengths Assessment
Developmental, child, family and couple. 72 (full); 8-item DESSA-mini screener. copyrighted - commercial.
- PCQ - Psychological Capital Questionnaire
Work: attitudes and wellbeing. 24 (PCQ-24, 6 per dimension); 12 (PCQ-12). copyrighted - commercial.
- SSES - OECD Survey on Social and Emotional Skills
Large-scale assessment. Student assessment covering 15 skills (approx 8 items per skill) plus student, parent, teacher and principal context questionnaires. mixed.
- AHS / DHS - Adult Hope Scale (Dispositional Hope Scale)
Self-regulation and positive traits. 12 items. copyrighted - author permission.
- SHS - State Hope Scale
Self-regulation and positive traits. 6 items. public-domain / open.
- LOT-R - Life Orientation Test - Revised
Self-regulation and positive traits. 10 items. public-domain / open.
- HHI - Herth Hope Index
Self-regulation and positive traits. 12 items. copyrighted - author permission.
- AMS (Gjesme-Nygard) - Achievement Motives Scale
Vocational interests and career. 30 (original); AMS-R revised short form = 10 (5 per motive). open with attribution.
Related constructs in self-regulation, motivation and coping
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