APS

2026 APS Annual Convention

The Power of Hope: Reducing Risk, Increasing Resilience

Saturday, May 30, 2026 · Barcelona, Spain

Oral · Emotion & Motivation: What Drives the Self

This symposium includes four studies with adolescents from Turkey and the US. Participants include gifted students from Turkey and the US and two groups (one Latino) from public high schools in the US. Correlates of hope include psychological distress, parental autonomy support, and several psychosocial variables.

Chairs & Discussants

  • Frank WorrellChair
    University of California, Berkeley

Presentations

  1. Hope and Psychosocial Outcomes Among Turkish Gifted Adolescents: A Person-Centered AnalysisIlke Bayazitli
  2. Parental Autonomy Support Is Associated with Hope In AdolescentsGolzar Ejadi
  3. Hope Predicts Psychosocial Assets for Latino AdolescentsMark Pommer
  4. Hopeful Thinking: The Positives and the NegativesDante Dixson