Obayuwana A O, Carter A L
J Natl Med Assoc. 1982 Mar;74(3):229-34.
Hope is commonly regarded as the feeling that what is desired is also possible. Today, the concensus is that this feeling can increase one's overall ability to cope with stress by reducing fears and anxieties. It is our assumption, therefore, that much of the illness of mankind can be eliminated by enhancing the hope of human individuals.To be able to enhance hope, one must first know what hope actually is and from where it comes by identifying its true determinants. We have, therefore, chosen the task of defining hope and attempting to dissect it into its relevant components so that this important health related property of the human individual may no longer remain in abstraction. This paper reports our approach to this task, the methods used, results obtained, and conclusions drawn.
希望通常被视为一种感觉，即所渴望的事情也是有可能实现的。如今，人们普遍认为这种感觉可以通过减少恐惧和焦虑来提高一个人应对压力的整体能力。因此，我们的假设是，通过增强人类个体的希望，可以消除人类的许多疾病。为了能够增强希望，人们必须首先了解希望到底是什么以及它来自何处，即确定其真正的决定因素。因此，我们选择了定义希望并试图将其剖析为相关组成部分的任务，以便人类个体这种与健康相关的重要属性不再处于抽象状态。本文报告了我们处理这项任务的方法、所使用的方法、获得的结果以及得出的结论。
