Exploring the Relationship Between Hope, Academic Performance among College Students

Hope is a positive attitude on life that is defined by self-belief in one's capacity to overcome challenges and accomplish goals, On the other hand, academic performance indicates how well a student does in their academic endeavors. The purpose of the current study is to explore the relationship between hope, academic performance on college students. In this research a total of 150 students (male=85, female=75) participated. The demographic information such as Age, gender, education, current history of mental/ physical illness was collected. In order to collect the required data, two valid and reliable scales, including the Adult Hope Scale (AHS), (synder,2001) and Academic performance scale (Christopher McGregory) were used. After data collection, SPSS (24.0) was used for the analysis. The findings suggest that there is significant relationship between hope and academic performance, further there is no difference in the level of hope based on gender.