Personal motivation for achieving goals
• I enjoy thinking about how I am going to achieve what I want in my future. • It is easy for me to set goals.
• I am the kind of person who makes plans for how to reach my dreams. • I can achieve my dreams if I focus on it.
• I trust that I will achieve the goals that I set for myself. • It is easy for me to reach my goals.
• I am careful about what I am doing now because it could affect my plans for the future. • I know that the future is under my control even if things go wrong.
Anticipation of a positive future
• Even when I fail, I keep trying because I know it will be better next time. • There is nothing that can get in my way of having a good future.
• I trust that I will be able to do everything I want to do in my future. • I believe that good things happen to me.
• I have more confidence in my future success than others my age.
• I believe that the things I am doing now are preparing me for what I want in the future. • I do not worry too much about problems now because I believe my life will be better in the
future.
• I know that my life will be better in the future.
• I believe that I will be successful even when there are difficulties in my life now. • I have faith that I will be successful.
Influence of others on hope
• My friends and I share the dream to have a successful future. • My parents/guardians support me to achieve my goals.
• The important people in my life tell me that I will have a successful life. • I feel comfortable asking others for help when I need it to reach a goal.
• I will be successful because I know other people like me whom have been successful. • There are people who can help me when I need guidance to achieve something important to
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APPENDIX IV: FINAL 12-ITEM HOPE SCALE
Interviewer Script: We would like you to answer some questions about your future and your hope for success. Please answer how much you agree with the following statements about yourself on a scale of one to four, where 1 = totally disagree, 2 = disagree, 3 = agree, and 4 = totally agree.
1. I know that my life will be better in the future.
2. The important people in my life tell me that I will have a successful life. 3. I can achieve my dreams if I focus on them.
4. I have faith that I will be successful.
5. I believe that I will be successful even when there are difficulties in my life now. 6. I believe that the things I am doing now are preparing me for what I want in the future. 7. I can achieve my dreams if I focus on them.
8. I trust that I will be able to do everything I want to do in my future.
9. There are people who can help me when I need guidance to achieve something important to me.
10. I will be successful because I know other people like me whom have been successful. 11. I have more confidence in my future success than others my age.
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