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ArticleJournal of happiness studies2026

Where Hope Thrives: Demographic Variation in Hope across 22 Countries.

Victor Counted, Katelyn N G Long, Richard G Cowden, Charlotte V O Witvliet, Cristina Gibson, Alicia Cortright, Emily Purcell, James Walsh, William Hathaway, Fernando Garzon and 2 more

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Article in Journal of happiness studies, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

12 authors.

Victor CountedCollege of Health and Behavioral Sciences, Regent University, Virginia Beach, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-0944-3775
Katelyn N G LongThe Human Flourishing Program, Harvard University, Cambridge, USA.
Richard G CowdenThe Human Flourishing Program, Harvard University, Cambridge, USA.
Charlotte V O WitvlietBelmont Formation Collaborative, Belmont University , Nashville, TN, USA.
Cristina GibsonGraziadio Business School, Pepperdine University, California, USA.
Alicia CortrightThe Meros Center, Wisconsin Lutheran College, Wisconsin, USA.
Emily PurcellCollege of Health and Behavioral Sciences, Regent University, Virginia Beach, USA.
James WalshThe Agency Fund, San Francisco, CA USA.
William HathawayCollege of Health and Behavioral Sciences, Regent University, Virginia Beach, USA.
Fernando GarzonCollege of Health and Behavioral Sciences, Regent University, Virginia Beach, USA.
Byron R JohnsonThe Human Flourishing Program, Harvard University, Cambridge, USA.
Tyler J VanderWeeleThe Human Flourishing Program, Harvard University, Cambridge, USA.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This cross-national study explores self-rated hope across diverse national and demographic contexts, aiming to bridge the gap in understanding its variability and influence on human flourishing. Utilizing the Global Flourishing Study dataset from 22 countries ( Supplementary Information: The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s10902-025-00981-6.

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Cross-culturalFlourishingGlobal flourishing studyHopePsychological wellbeingSelf-rated hopeSpatial hope

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PMID41394262
PMCPMC12698755

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