A validation study of a new Arabic version of the adult dispositional hope scale in a sample of Lebanese college youth

الملخص EN

The present study investigated the factor structure of the Arabic translation of the Adult Dispositional Hope Scale (Arabic ADHS), a measure of the agency and pathways components of the personality trait of hope, and the relation of the hope trait to parenting styles as well as the positive psychology constructs of optimism, affect, and resilience.

Method: A total of N=275 Lebanese college youth (56.4% female) were administered in a counterbalanced order the Arabic ADHS, and the Arabic versions of the Parental Authority Questionnaire (Arabic PAQ), the Revised Life Orientation Scale (Arabic RLOS), the Positive and Negative Affect Schedule (Arabic PANAS), and the Connor-Davidson Resilience Scale (Arabic CDRS).

Results: Principal factor analysis of the Arabic ADHS confirmed a one-factor structure with invariance across males and females.

Multiple regression analyses showed resilience followed by positive affect, authoritative parenting, and negative affect as contributing factors to prediction of Arabic hope scores.

Conclusion: The findings indicate that the hopeful mind of Lebanese college youth does not differentiate the agency trait of hope from the pathways trait of hope, and highlight the pertinence of authoritative parenting, resilience, and positive emotions to the personality trait of hope.