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Hope Measurement In Mexican American Youth, Lisa Edwards, Anthony D. Ong, Shane J. Lopez
Hope Measurement In Mexican American Youth, Lisa Edwards, Anthony D. Ong, Shane J. Lopez
College of Education Faculty Research and Publications
Hope is a motivational construct that has been associated with many positive outcomes in children, adolescents, and adults. Although research with the Children’s Hope Scale (CHS) has demonstrated support for the reliability and validity of the CHS with various samples of youth, there is little empirical evidence for its use with Latino youth. The current study examined the psychometric properties of the six-item CHS in a sample of 135 Mexican American youth. Confirmatory factor analyses provided support for a hierarchical representation of the CHS with two underlying factors (pathways and agency). CHS scores were found to be positively correlated with …