Hoop associeert met beter leren, optimisme niet. Beide linken wel met beter levenstevredenheid. Dit blijkt uit een onderzoek van Rand, Martin en Shea. Check het onderzoek hier (betalend), dit is het abstract:
This longitudinal study examined the relative associations of initial levels of hope and optimism with subsequent academic performance and life satisfaction among first-year law students (N = 86). Path analysis showed that hope, but not optimism, predicted better academic performance, while controlling for Law School Admission Test scores and undergraduate grades. Both hope and optimism uniquely predicted greater life satisfaction at the end of the first semester.
Belangrijkste inzichten:
► Hope predicts law school performance.
► Optimism does not predict law school performance.
► Hope and optimism predict subsequent law student life satisfaction.