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The current chapter reviews quantitative and qualitative research yielding evidence of other-oriented hope. Some of this research has examined the general occurrence of other-oriented hope, but much of it has concerned key domains in which other-oriented hope is likely to arise frequently: among parents of ill children, among informal caregivers, among formal caregivers, among those with serious illnesses, and among teachers. While much of the research reviewed herein did not have other-oriented hope as a main or explicit focus, a substantial accumulation and convergence of findings nonetheless supports the concept of other-oriented hope.

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Howell, A.J., Larsen, D.J. (2015). Research Yielding Evidence of Other-Oriented Hope. In: Understanding Other-Oriented Hope. SpringerBriefs in Well-Being and Quality of Life Research. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-15007-9_4

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