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2005

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The Relationships Among Levels Of Hope, Coping Efficacy And Postsecondary Educational Expectations Of High School Seniors, Linda D. Griffin Apr 2005

The Relationships Among Levels Of Hope, Coping Efficacy And Postsecondary Educational Expectations Of High School Seniors, Linda D. Griffin

Doctoral Dissertations

The purpose of this study was to answer two research questions: (1) Is there a relationship between high school seniors' levels of hope and their postsecondary educational plans? and (2) Is there a relationship between high school seniors' coping efficacy and their postsecondary educational plans? Three hundred and twenty-five students enrolled in English IV classes from seven high schools in three separate school districts in north central Louisiana completed the three survey instruments. Standard descriptive statistics were derived as appropriate for each of the two independent variables and dependent variable. The two independent variables were hope, as measured by the …