KRAFFT, Andreas, JohnBosco CHIKA CHUKWUORJI, Rajneesh CHOUBISA, Stella CONTE, Valle FLORES-LUCAS, Tharina GUSE, Elżbieta KASPRZAK, Helena Agueda MARUJO, Chitra S. NAIR, Dorit REDLICH-AMIRAV, Mark SINCLAIR, Alena SLEZÁČKOVÁ, Patryk STECZ, Olga VARSOS and Eduardo WILLS HERRERA. Long-term Future Expectations and Collective Hope. In Krafft, A.M., Guse, T., Slezackova, A. (eds). Hope across cultures: Lessons from the International Hope Barometer. Cham: Springer, 2023, p. 103-165. Cross-Cultural Advancements in Positive Psychology, Vol. 14. ISBN 978-3-031-24411-7. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-24412-4_4.
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Original name Long-term Future Expectations and Collective Hope
Authors KRAFFT, Andreas (756 Switzerland), JohnBosco CHIKA CHUKWUORJI (566 Nigeria), Rajneesh CHOUBISA (356 India), Stella CONTE (380 Italy), Valle FLORES-LUCAS (724 Spain), Tharina GUSE (710 South Africa), Elżbieta KASPRZAK (616 Poland), Helena Agueda MARUJO (620 Portugal), Chitra S. NAIR (356 India), Dorit REDLICH-AMIRAV (376 Israel), Mark SINCLAIR (36 Australia), Alena SLEZÁČKOVÁ (203 Czech Republic, guarantor, belonging to the institution), Patryk STECZ (616 Poland), Olga VARSOS (36 Australia) and Eduardo WILLS HERRERA (170 Colombia).
Edition Cham, Hope across cultures: Lessons from the International Hope Barometer, p. 103-165, 63 pp. Cross-Cultural Advancements in Positive Psychology, Vol. 14, 2023.
Publisher Springer
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Original language English
Type of outcome Chapter(s) of a specialized book
Field of Study 50101 Psychology
Country of publisher Switzerland
Confidentiality degree is not subject to a state or trade secret
Publication form printed version "print"
WWW Full text, open access
RIV identification code RIV/00216224:14110/23:00130878
Organization unit Faculty of Medicine
ISBN 978-3-031-24411-7
Doi http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-24412-4_4
Keywords in English Future expectations; expected future scenarios; desired future scenarios; perceived hope
Tags International impact, Reviewed
Changed by Changed by: doc. PhDr. Alena Slezáčková, Ph.D., učo 24238. Changed: 30/5/2023 14:22.
Abstract
The purpose of this chapter is to extend and explore the definition of collective hope as the shared desire for a better future not only for oneself, but for the entire social community, the belief that a better future for all is possible but not necessarily guaranteed or even likely, and the trust in the human capacity to cooperate and support each other towards the realization of a better world despite current struggles and challenges. Conceptually we chose an interdisciplinary approach, integrating insights from Positive Psychology, Futures Studies, and Pragmatic Hope Philosophy. After introducing the concept of collective hope we present the nature and role of images of the future in terms of probable, possible and desired future trends and scenarios. Based on data collected with the Hope Barometer across 12 countries in November 2019 (N = 10,665), we evaluated people’s long-term future expectations regarding the general quality of life, social trends and expected as well as wished-for future scenarios. We then related these expectations to perceived hope and social well-being. Our results suggest that long-term social expectations are significantly more pessimistic in European than in non-European countries and that personal hope levels are significantly higher in countries outside Europe. Moreover, an overwhelming majority of participants in this study preferred a social-sustainable over an individualist-competitive future scenario. Whereas future prospects had a significant effect on hope and (social) well-being, desirable images of the future hardly displayed an effect. Our findings highlight the importance of encouraging people to develop new positive pictures of the future which could foster hope, belief, and trust in a flourishing and sustainable world and to get engaged in its realization.
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