The positive role of hope on the relationship between loneliness and unhappy conditions in Hungarian young adults: How pathways thinking matters!

Edward C. Chang; Olivia D. Chang; Tamás Martos; Viola Sallay; Ingo Zettler; Patrizia Steca; Marco D’Addario; Ilona Boniwell; Alina Pop; Margarita Tarragona; Gavin R. Slemp; Ji eun Shin; Amaia de la Fuente; Olga Cardeñoso

doi:10.1080/17439760.2018.1545042

The positive role of hope on the relationship between loneliness and unhappy conditions in Hungarian young adults: How pathways thinking matters!

Edward C. Chang^*, Olivia D. Chang, Tamás Martos, Viola Sallay, Ingo Zettler, Patrizia Steca, Marco D’Addario, Ilona Boniwell, Alina Pop, Margarita Tarragona, Gavin R. Slemp, Ji eun Shin, Amaia de la Fuente, Olga Cardeñoso

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Abstract

In this study, we examined loneliness and hope components as predictors of unhappy conditions (viz., anxious symptoms, depressive symptoms, & suicidal ideation) in young adults. The sample was comprised of 489 Hungarian college students. Results of conducting hierarchical regression analyses indicated that loneliness and hope pathways (but not hope agency) were important unique predictors of anxious symptoms, depressive symptoms, and suicidal ideation. Moreover, in part, consistent with the notion that hope might buffer the negative effects of loneliness on unhappy conditions, evidence for a significant Loneliness × Hope Pathways interaction effect in predicting each of the three indices of unhappy conditions was found. In contrast, the Loneliness × Hope Agency interaction effect was not found to be significant. Some implications of the present findings for the study and treatment of unhappy conditions in adults are discussed.

Original language	English
Journal	The Journal of Positive Psychology
Volume	14
Issue number	6
Pages (from-to)	724-733
ISSN	1743-9760
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1080/17439760.2018.1545042
Publication status	Published - 2 Nov 2019

Keywords

adults
college students
hope
Loneliness
unhappiness

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Chang, E. C., Chang, O. D., Martos, T., Sallay, V., Zettler, I., Steca, P., D’Addario, M., Boniwell, I., Pop, A., Tarragona, M., Slemp, G. R., Shin, J. E., de la Fuente, A., & Cardeñoso, O. (2019). The positive role of hope on the relationship between loneliness and unhappy conditions in Hungarian young adults: How pathways thinking matters! The Journal of Positive Psychology, 14(6), 724-733. https://doi.org/10.1080/17439760.2018.1545042

The positive role of hope on the relationship between loneliness and unhappy conditions in Hungarian young adults: How pathways thinking matters! / Chang, Edward C.; Chang, Olivia D.; Martos, Tamás et al.
In: The Journal of Positive Psychology, Vol. 14, No. 6, 02.11.2019, p. 724-733.

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Chang, EC, Chang, OD, Martos, T, Sallay, V, Zettler, I, Steca, P, D’Addario, M, Boniwell, I, Pop, A, Tarragona, M, Slemp, GR, Shin, JE, de la Fuente, A & Cardeñoso, O 2019, 'The positive role of hope on the relationship between loneliness and unhappy conditions in Hungarian young adults: How pathways thinking matters!', The Journal of Positive Psychology, vol. 14, no. 6, pp. 724-733. https://doi.org/10.1080/17439760.2018.1545042

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