Understanding Hope: Age, Income, Romantic Relationship, Sex, Gender Roles, and Subjective Well-Being

Hope is defined as the motivation to set goals that are expected to be realized in the future and to achieve these goals. The aim of this study was to determine the correlation between hope with differences of sex romantic relationship, income level, and age, and to find out what extend attitudes towards gender roles and subjective well-being predict hope. Five hundred and eighty-eight people with an average age of 30 participated in the study. While 397 of the participants stated that they were female, 188 stated that they were male, and 3 did not specify their sex. The research was organized using a relational screening model. The Dispositional Hope Scale, Gender Roles Attitude Scale, Life Satisfaction Scale, Positive and Negative Affect Schedule were used to collect the data. For the analysis of the data, independent sample t-test, one-way ANOVA, simple correlation analysis, and hierarchical multiple regression analysis were used. According to the results, hope did not differ significantly according to sex, the levels of hope of those who were engaged or married were significantly higher than those who did not have a romantic relationship. Increases in age and income level were also observed to correspond with higher levels of hope. Furthermore, we found that an egalitarian attitude towards gender roles and higher subjective well-being were significant predictors of greater hope. © 2024 The Authors.