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Brian P Cole¹, Sonia Molloy²

¹University of Kansas, USA.

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Hopeful thinking equips parents with essential skills to overcome challenges, leading to better psychological adjustment and stronger parent-child connections. This review explores hopeful parenting, interventions, and measurement.

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Hope Parenting Pregnancy

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Area of Science:

Psychology
Parenting Studies
Developmental Psychology

Background:

Parenting offers daily growth opportunities, with hopeful thinking providing key skills for navigating challenges.
High hope parents exhibit better psychological adjustment, active coping, and emotional connection with children compared to low hope parents.
Existing research on hope and parenting is limited, often focusing on specific populations like parents of children with developmental disabilities.

Purpose of the Study:

To review the existing literature on hopeful parenting and hope-based parenting interventions.
To discuss the development of domain-specific measurements of hope within the context of parenting.
To identify limitations in current research and suggest future research directions in hopeful parenting.

Main Methods:

Literature review of studies on hope and parenting.
Analysis of existing research on hope-based parenting interventions.
Examination of the development of measurement tools for hope in parenting.

Main Results:

Hopeful thinking is associated with enhanced parental psychological adjustment and coping mechanisms.
High hope parents demonstrate stronger emotional connections with their children.
The literature on hopeful parenting is sparse, with a need for broader research.

Conclusions:

Hopeful parenting is a valuable framework for supporting parents through challenges.
Further research is needed to develop and validate hope-based parenting interventions and measures.
Expanding research beyond specific populations will enhance understanding of hopeful parenting's broad applicability.