Hope Theory

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Hope is not a new concept of psychology. In 1991, a famous prospective psychologist Charles R. Snyder and his colleagues proposed the theory of hope. According to their theory, hope includes agents and routes. Promising people have intent and determination to achieve their goals, and various strategies to achieve them. Briefly, I am hoping for motivation to achieve the goal and various ways to achieve it. Why is hope important? Okay, life is very difficult. There are many obstacles. Achieving the goal is not enough. Inevitable twists and changes in life, people must always approach these goals. I hope to be able to solve the problem using a series of ideas and strategies that are suited to my success, thereby increasing the opportunity to actually achieve the goal.

In this section, we will briefly explain other areas you would like to play an important role (see Snyder for an overview of the various applications of future hope theory in the future). (Snyder, 1994c; Cheavens, 2000) how to use the hope theory to understand depression (self-conversation related to depression of the heart can be examined (Snyder, Lapointe, et al ., 1998). Other themes are the focus of attention on the condition that promising thoughts promote the task rather than non-task focus (Snyder, 1999a, 1999b). We also provide some insight into self realization through hope theory. Demand level of Maslow (1970) has been widely discussed, but recent research has received little attention. Perhaps by using the theory of hope and emphasizing the goal, we can deepen the understanding of this level. The highest point of Maslow's hierarchy is self-actualization, a very timely idea from a positive psychological point of view.