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. 2023 Feb 10;10(2):346. doi: 10.3390/children10020346

Table 1.

Organization of the literature of hope in adolescence by world region.

Author(s) Country and Sub-Population Mean Age and/or Age Range (Years) Role of Hope (Predictor, Outcome, Mediator, Moderator)
U.S. Minority Groups
Adelabu, 2008 [39] U.S. African Americans Mean age = 15; Range: 12–20 Predictor
Cedeno, Elias, Kelly, and Chu, 2010 [31] U.S. African Americans Mean age = 10.20 Moderator
Davis-Maye and Perry, 2007 [40] U.S. African Americans Mean age = 13.56; Range: 9–19 Outcome
Dixson, Keltner, Worrell, and Mello, 2018 [41] U.S. Hispanic Americans or Latinos, African Americans, Asian Americans Mean age = 15.02; Range: 14–17 Mediator
Edwards, Ong, and Lopez, 2007 [42] U.S. Mexican Americans Mean age = 14.22; Range: 11–15 Validation of CHS
Harley, 2015 [43] U.S. African Americans Mean age = 14.88; Range: 13–17 Outcome *
McCoy and Bowen, 2015 [44] U.S. African Americans and Latinos Mean age = 17.2; Range: 15.6–19.9 Outcome
Roesch, Duangado, Vaughn, Aldridge, and Villodas, 2010 [45] U.S. Latinos, Asian Americans, African Americans, bi-racial, and Native Americans Mean age = 15.5; Range: 14–18 Predictor
Shadlow, Boles, Roberts, and Winston, 2015 [46] U.S Native Americans Mean age = 10.52; Range: 8–14 Validation of CHS
Twyford, Dowdly, and Sharkey, 2014 [47] U.S. Latinos Mean age = 15.82 Outcome
Vela, Lenz, Sparrow, and Gonzalez, 2017 [48] U.S. Latinos Mean age = 14.47 Predictor
Europe
Alfieri, Quartiroli, and Baumann, 2021 [49] Italy Mean age = 16.07; Range: 12–18 Validation of CHS
Falanga, De Caroli, Sagone, and Indiana, 2020 [50] Italy Mean age = 17.60 Outcome
Jovanovic, 2013 [38] Serbia Mean age = 16.10; Range: 14–18 Validation of CHS
Marques, Lopez, and Pais-Ribeiro 2011 [51] Portugal Mean age = 10.96; Range: 10–12 Outcome
Marques, Lopez, and Mitchell, 2013 [52] Portugal Mean age = 16.28; Range: 15–19 Predictor
Marques, Pais-Ribeiro, and Lopez, 2011 [53] Portugal Mean age = 11.7 Validation of CHS
Martins, Crespo, Salvador, Santos, Carona, and Canavarro, 2018 [54] Portugal Mean age = 13.29; Range: 8–19 Predictor
Merkas and Brajsa-Zganec, 2011 [55] Croatia Mean age = 12.7; Range: 10–15 Predictor
Santilli, Marcionetti, Rochat, Rossier, and Nota, 2017 [56] Italy, Switzerland Mean age = 14.35 Mediator
Africa
Guse and Vermaak, 2011 [57] South Africa Mean age = 15.1 Predictor
Guse, de Bruin, and Kok, 2015 [58] South Africa Mean age = 15.90; Range: 13–16 Validation of CHS
Isaacs and Savahl, 2014 [59] South Africa Range: 14–15 Moderator *
Nalkur, 2009 [60] Tanzania Mean age = 14.52; Range: 12–18 Outcome *
Savahl, Isaacs, Adams, Carels, and September, 2013 [61] South Africa Mean age = 15.04; Range: 13–17 Predictor
Wilson and Somhlaba, 2016 [62] Ghana Range: 17–22 Outcome *
Oceania
Ciarrochi, Heaven, and Davies, 2007 [63] Australia Mean age = 12.30 Predictor
Ciarrochi, Parker, Kashdan, Heaven, and Barkus, 2015 [64] Australia Mean age = 12.41 Predictor
Heaven and Ciarrochi, 2008 [65] Australia Mean age = 12.30 Outcome
Phan, 2013 [66] Fiji Islands Mean age = 14.30 Outcome
Middle East
Braun-Lewensohn and Sagy, 2010 [67] Israel Mean age = 15.23; Range: 12–18 Outcome
Celik, Cetin, and Tutkun, 2015 [68] Turkey Mean age = 12.32; Range: 9–15 Outcome
Karababa, 2020 [69] Turkey Mean age = 12.8; Range: 11–14 Moderator
Kemer and Atik, 2012 [70] Turkey Range: 14–19 Outcome
Khodarahimi, 2014 [71] Iran Mean age = 14.69; Range: 11–19 Outcome
Sadeghi, Barahmand, and Roshannia, 2020 [72] Iran Mean age = 16.36; Range: 14–19 Outcome
Sagy and Adwan, 2006 [73] Israel, Palestine 10th and 12th graders Outcome
Sahin-Baltaci, 2018 [74] Turkey Mean age = 12.76; Range: 12–14 Outcome
Asia
Bernardo, 2010 [75] Philippines Range: 16–23 Predictor
Botor, 2019 [76] Philippines Mean age = 17 Predictor
Chai, Kwok, and Gu, 2018 [77] China–Hong Kong Mean age = 10.06; Range: 8–13 Moderator
Chui and Wong, 2017 [78] China–Hong Kong Mean age = 14.2; Range: 10–19 Outcome
Izzaty and Ayriza, 2021 [79] Indonesia Mean age = 16.04; Range: 12–19 Outcome
Kwok and Gu, 2019 [80] China–Hong Kong Mean age = 13.86; Range: 10–18 Moderator
Ling, Huebner, Fu, Zeng, and He, 2016 [21] China Mean age = 15.85; Range: 13–18 Predictor
Ling, Huebner, Liu, Liu, Zhang, and Xiao, 2015 [81] China Mean age = 15.85; Range: 14–17 Predictor
Nazam and Husain, 2021 [82] India Mean age = 15.89; Range: 12–19 Validation of CHS
Nie, Teng, Bear, Guo, Liu, and Zhang, 2018 [83] China Mean age = 15.89; Range: 14–18 Mediator
Wong and Lim, 2009 [84] Singapore Mean age =15.6 Predictor
Xiang et al., 2022 [85] China Mean age = 16.45; Range: 11–24 Mediator
Yang et al., 2021 [86] China Mean age = 12.45; Range: 11–14 Validation of CHS
Yeung, Ho, and Mak, 2015 [87] China–Hong Kong Mean age = 15.19 Predictor

Note. * = Qualitative Method.