Hope, but Not Optimism, Predicts Academic Performance of Law Students Beyond Previous Academic Achievement

By Kevin Rand, Allison D. Martin, A. Shea. 2011

213 citations recorded by the source corpus.

Subfields: Applied Psychology, Emergency Medicine, Law

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In Applied Psychology

1. Wilmar B. Schaufeli
2. Marisa Salanova
3. Carolyn M. Youssef-Morgan
4. S. Lopez
5. Susana Llorens
6. Susana C. Marques
7. Arnold B. Bakker
8. Fred Luthans

In Emergency Medicine

1. S. Lopez
2. M. Gallagher
3. Susana C. Marques

In Law

1. S. Lopez
2. M. Gallagher
3. Susana C. Marques

Citations in the corpus

• The Relationship Between Meaning in Life and Subjective Well-Being: Forgiveness and Hope as Mediators (2014, background): “Hope is related to various psychological factors such as positive affect (Ciarrochi et al. 2007), perceptions of parental authoritativeness (Heaven and Ciarrochi 2008) personal adjustment (Gilman et al. 2006), social support (Kemer and Atik 2012), and better academic performance (Rand et al. 2011).”
• Hope and the Academic Trajectory of College Students (2017, methodology): “In a study of incoming law students (Rand et al. 2011), college GPA, scores from the Law School Admission Test (LSAT), and hope scores were collected and used to predict academic success during the first semester.”
• Antecedents of academic performance of university students: academic engagement and psychological capital resources (2019, unknown): “Similarly, hope and optimism have been linked to academic performance (Curry, Snyder, Cook, Ruby, & Rehm, 1997; Peterson & Barrett, 1987; Prola & Stern, 1984; Rand, Martin, & Shea, 2011).”
• Psychological Capital: An Evidence-Based Positive Approach (2017, background): “…validity of these constructs has also been established empirically, not only in the analysis of PsyCap (Luthans et al. 2007), but also in the positive psychology literature (e.g., see Alarcon et al. 2013, Bryant & Cvengros 2004, Gallaghar & Lopez 2009, Magaletta & Oliver 1999, Rand et al. 2011).”
• How Psychological Capital Mediates Between Study–Related Positive Emotions and Academic Performance (2019, background): “1 3 their relevance in a variety of school–related variables (Bong 2001; Gallagher et al. 2016; Hoy et al. 2006; Jiang et al. 2014; Rand et al. 2011; Snyder et al. 2002).”