Study

Focus

Sample

Hope Measure and Dimensionality

Attachment Measure and Dimensionality

Hope Factor (s)

Attachment Factor (s)

r

Simmons et al. (2003)

Attachment behavior at work

N = 126 home health care nurses in the United States

SHS

1

SRI

3

Hope

anxious

−.38

avoidant

−.36

secure

.42

Shorey et al. (2003)

Hope as requisite for satisfying adulthood

N = 197 college undergraduates in the United States

THS

2

ASQ

3

Agency

anxious

−.34

avoidant

−.27

secure

.55

Pathways

anxious

−.30

avoidant

−.15

secure

.32

Simmons et al. (2009)

Hope, trust and burnout as mediators between attachment and task performance

N = 203 assisted living center staff in the United States

SHS

1

SRI (secure subscale)

1

Hope

secure

.52

Jankowski et al. (2011)

Hope and attachment as mediators between prayer and forgiveness

N = 211 graduate students in the United States

THS

2

ECR

2

Pathways

anxious

−.31

avoidant

−.19

Agency

anxious

−.37

avoidant

.27

Jiang et al. (2013)

Attachment, hope, and life satisfaction

N = 565 middle school students in the United States

CHS

1

IPPA-A

1

Hope

secure

.38

Schiff & Levit (2009)

Predictors of therapeutic alliance

N = 95 female methadone clients in Israel

SHS

1

Adult Attachment Self-Report measure

2

Hope

anxious

.05

avoidant

−.28

Lavy & Littman-Ovadia (2011)

Character strengths as mediators of attachment and SWLS

N = 394 Jewish community members in Israel

VIA-HS

1

ECR

2

Hope

anxiety

−.17

avoidance

−.32

Sim & Yow (2011)

Attachment to God, mother, and father and psychological adjustment

n = 130 early adolescents in Singapore (mean age 12.6 years)

CHS

1

Unique Instrument

2

Hope

(early)

attachment to mother

.18

attachment to father

.19

n = 106 middle adolescents in Singapore (mean age 15.5 years)

Hope (middle)

attachment to mother

.23

attachment to father

.21

Gnilka et al. (2013)

Perfectionism, attachment, depression, hopelessness, and SWLS

N = 180 undergraduate students in the United States

BHS

1

ECR-R

2

Hopelessness

anxious

.08

avoidant

.29

Zeyrek et al. (2009)

Suicidality, problem-solving, attachment, and hopelessness

N = 180 university students in Turkey

BHS

1

RQ

4

Hopelessness

anxious

−.21

avoidant

.10

secure

.32

disorganized

.08