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Hope therapy enhances goal pursuit and positive outcomes by increasing hopeful thinking. Future research should standardize hope therapy and test its change mechanisms for wider dissemination.

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  • Psychology
  • Health Psychology
  • Clinical Psychology

Background:

  • Decades of research link hope to positive outcomes.
  • Hope therapy aims to optimize goal pursuit via hopeful thinking.

Purpose of the Study:

  • Review the current state of hope therapy research.
  • Identify future research directions for hope therapy.

Main Methods:

  • Literature review of existing hope therapy research.
  • Analysis of adaptations and applications of hope therapy.

Main Results:

  • Hope therapy has been adapted for various formats, providers, and chronic health conditions.
  • A need exists to define core characteristics of hope therapy.

Conclusions:

  • Standardization of hope therapy is needed.
  • Well-designed trials are required to test mechanisms of change.
  • Future directions aim for a more efficacious and widely disseminated hope therapy.