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Longitudinal Effects of Hope on Depression and Anxiety: A Latent Variable Analysis
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@MISC{Arnau_longitudinaleffects,
author = {Olph C. Arnau and David H. Rosen and John F. Finch and Jamie L. Rhudy and Vincent J. Fortunato and Addressed To Randolph C. Arnau},
title = {Longitudinal Effects of Hope on Depression and Anxiety: A Latent Variable Analysis},
year = {}
}
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Abstract
ABSTRACT This study tested the prospective effects of hope on de-pression and anxiety using a longitudinal design. A sample of 522 college students completed self-report measures of hope, depression, and anxiety at three time points, with 1-month delays between administrations. Struc-tural equation modeling was employed to test two cross-lagged panel models of the reciprocal effects of the Agency and Pathways components of hope on depression and anxiety. Results indicated statistically signifi-cant negative effects for the Agency component of hope on later depres-sion but no unique effect of the Pathways component of hope on depression. Likewise, Agency showed a statistically significant negative effect on later anxiety, but again Pathways had no significant influence on anxiety. In both cases, neither depression nor anxiety demonstrated any longitudinal effects on either the Agency or Pathways components of hope. Implications of these findings are discussed, along with potential directions for future research.
Keyphrases
longitudinal effect latent variable analysis pathway component college student self-report measure later depres-sion reciprocal effect unique effect significant negative effect 1-month delay prospective effect agency component future research potential direction longitudinal design significant influence cross-lagged panel model struc-tural equation modeling time point signifi-cant negative effect
