David B Feldman
Biographic Data
| ID | 279713 |
|---|---|
| NAME | David B Feldman |
| GIVEN NAMES | David B |
| FAMILY NAME | Feldman |
| SIGNATURE | FELDMAN D B |
| AFFILIATIONS | Santa Clara University |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-8351-4370 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 25 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 103 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 25 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1988 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Hope, quality of life, and duration of homelessness in emerging adults
This study examines the relationship between duration of homelessness and quality of life (QOL) among emerging adults (ages 18–29). Specifically, whether there is an interaction between dispositional hope and duration of homelessness. Previous research indicates that longer periods of homelessness are related to lower QOL. However, hope’s role in this relationship has never been explored. A sample of 100 young adults experiencing homelessness in …
Adult attachment styles and hope: Associations with life satisfaction
Attachment styles have long been linked to life satisfaction. Securely attached adults report higher levels of life satisfaction and insecurely attachment adults (anxious and avoidant) report lower levels. Likewise, hope has been shown to consistently relate to greater life satisfaction. Drawing from Bowlby’s Attachment Theory and Snyder’s Hope Theory, this study investigates whether hope mediates the relationship between attachment styles and li…
A Randomized Controlled Trial Assessing the Psychological Benefits of a Daily Examen-Based Practice
This is a randomized controlled trial of an Examen-based practice, an intervention reflecting a five-step daily reflection and prayer practice developed by St. Ignatius of Loyola, founder of the Catholic Jesuit order. Like other practices (e.g., mindfulness, yoga), this practice can be used as a spiritual or secular intervention to help people with a variety of challenges and stressors. In this exploratory study, 57 university students were rando…
Relationship between Mindfulness and Eudaimonic Well-Being in a Thai Adult Sample: Roles of Hope and Meaning in Life
We examine the relationship between mindfulness and eudaimonic well-being in Thai adults, a population largely overlooked in mindfulness research despite the strong influence of Buddhism within this culture. Specifically, we hypothesized that hope and meaning will account for variance in this relationship. Utilizing self-report measures for mindfulness, hope, meaning in life, and eudaimonic well-being, findings from a sample of 269 Thai adults re…
The Hope and Goals of Youth Experiencing Homelessness
This study investigates the relationship between goal characteristics and hope in emerging adults experiencing homelessness. Employing Hope Theory as a framework, we surveyed 100 emerging adults experiencing homelessness, ages 18–29 ( M = 21.95), asking them to nominate three goals they were currently pursuing, rate those goals on personal importance, and complete measures of dispositional and goal-specific hope. Goals were coded for domains and …
Healthcare Professionals’ Lay Definitions of Hope
The Relationships of Hope, Optimism, and Academic Motivation With GPA Among University Students in Hong Kong
Research demonstrates the relationship between dispositional hope and GPA, but mixed results regarding the relationship between dispositional optimism and GPA. Hope and optimism also have been shown to predict academic motivation. However, no study has yet investigated all of these factors together, and most research concerns only Western samples. In a cross-sectional sample of 129 Hong Kong university students, we administered measures of intern…
The Science and Application of Positive Psychology
Positive psychology tackles the big questions: What does it mean to live a 'good life'? What helps people to flourish and access their optimal potential? And how can we increase our capacities for joy, meaning, and hope? This engaging textbook emphasizes the science of positive psychology - students don't simply learn about positive psychology in the abstract, but instead are exposed to the fascinating research that supports its conclusions.Bridg…
Science and Application of Positive Psychology
Hope and Fear in the Midst of Coronavirus: What Accounts for Covid-19 Preparedness
Objective: The present study asks the question: What variables accounted for people's tendencies to take steps to prepare for COVID-19 during the earliest stage of the pandemic? Data collection took place from March 6 to 11, 2020. In particular, the study examines variables that have been shown to predict health behavior in previous research outside the context of the present pandemic, including hope, optimism, perceived risk, fear, and mental he…
Hope, Daytime Sleepiness, and Academic Outcomes in Low-Income, Latinx Youth
Banned: Immigration Enforcement in the Time of Trump
This text is a timely look at some of the key changes in the enforcement of immigration law during the Trump administration, from the perspective of a law professor and advocate. Immigration law is
Beyond the Border Spectacle: Global Capital, Migrant Labor, and the Specter of Liminal Legality
This essay systematically thinks through the relationship between undocumented immigrants, guestworkers, and nonstatus immigrants as sources of flexible and highly exploitable noncitizen labor. It argues that many businesses are increasingly likely to view unauthorized workers as more of a liability than an asset, and that this makes an ostensibly legal but intensely surveilled and ultimately deportable workforce look more attractive. Challenging…
Hope and Physical Exercise: The Contributions of Hope, Self-Efficacy, and Optimism in Accounting for Variance in Exercise Frequency
We examine the relationship of hope with exercise using Snyder's hope model, which defines hope as a combination of goal-directed planning (pathways) and motivation (agency). We surveyed 102 participants online via Amazon MTurk. The Adult Hope Scale and Goal-Specific Hope Scale assessed general hope and hope regarding exercise. The Leisure-Time Exercise Questionnaire assessed frequency of exercise and of any activity "long enough to work up a swe…
Toward a History of the Term “Anti-Semitism”
This essay traces the changing meanings of the term ‘anti-Semitism’ from the late nineteenth century to the present. Focusing on Britain, it demonstrates that anti-Semitism, like any other concept, has a history: but in this case, one that remains largely uncharted. The essay draws a contrast between early usages of the term which regarded anti-Semitism as a specifically modern phenomenon and later meanings that have conceived anti-Semitism as a …
Does Religious Belief Matter for Grief and Death Anxiety? Experimental Philosophy Meets Psychology of Religion
It is commonly reasoned that religious belief moderates death anxiety and aids in coping with loss. However, a philosophical perspective known as meta-atheism includes the claim that avowed religious believers grieve deaths and experience death anxiety as intensely as avowed atheists. Thus, we report a study comparing religious believers and nonbelievers on measures of death anxiety and grief. We further investigated the relationships between cer…
Hope, self-efficacy, optimism, and academic achievement: Distinguishing constructs and levels of specificity in predicting college grade-point average
Can Hope be Changed in 90 Minutes? Testing the Efficacy of a Single-Session Goal-Pursuit Intervention for College Students
Dimensions of Mental Illness Stigma: What About Mental Illness Causes Social Rejection
The stigma of mental illness can be as harmful as the symptoms, leading to family discord, job discrimination, and social rejection. The existence of mental illness stigma has been well established, but stigma theory must go beyond demonstrations and mere descriptions. This article addresses which characteristics across mental disorders lead to stigmatization and social rejection. Participants (N = 270) read case histories depicting individuals w…
Can Suicide be Ethical? A Utilitarian Perspective on the Appropriateness of Choosing to Die
In his article in the current issue of Death Studies, "Can Suicide be a Good Death?" David Lester argues that each person should determine whether suicide is appropriate for him or her in relative isolation from the opinions of others. In the present article, I use a utilitarian ethical perspective to critique this assertion. According to utilitarianism, the "goodness" of an action is judged by its impact not only on the individual, but also upon…
Hope Therapy in a Community Sample: A Pilot Investigation
Hope and the Meaningful Life: Theoretical and Empirical Associations Between Goal–Directed Thinking and Life Meaning
In this article, important theories of life meaning are discussed, as are the hypothesized effects of meaning on anxiety and depression. A commonality among these theories—hopeful thinking—is highlighted in the context of a goal–directed model of hope (Snyder et al., 1991). It is proposed that hope is a component common to all theories of meaning. We administered scales of meaning, hope, depression, and anxiety to 139 college students. Factor ana…
Hope theory, measurements, and applications to school psychology.
Self-Similar Melodies
John Cage insinuates Nature, understood broadly, into music. Unlike late nineteenth-century composers, for example, Cage never merely depicts Nature with his music, but rather unfolds music in many ways from nature. Cage's Nature extends far beyond the wild, the savage or the pristine, beyond any mere antithesis to the urban or civilized; it embraces the whole of contingent experience, the world as what happens. The multiple radios of Imaginary L…
A Factor Analytic Study of Three Teacher Belief Scales
Recognition of the foundational nature of beliefs in attitude formation and change has resulted in the development of several instruments used to measure teachers' beliefs about parents and administrators. Given the psychometric shortcomings of these instruments, this study introduces three unidimensional teacher belief inventories: Teachers' Beliefs About Parents, Teachers' Beliefs About Administrators, and Perceptions of Parental Beliefs Concer…
Dimensions of Mental Illness Stigma: What About Mental Illness Causes Social Rejection
The stigma of mental illness can be as harmful as the symptoms, leading to family discord, job discrimination, and social rejection. The existence of mental illness stigma has been well established, but stigma theory must go beyond demonstrations and mere descriptions. This article addresses which characteristics across mental disorders lead to stigmatization and social rejection. Participants (N = 270) read case histories depicting individuals w…
Hope Therapy in a Community Sample: A Pilot Investigation
Toward a History of the Term “Anti-Semitism”
This essay traces the changing meanings of the term ‘anti-Semitism’ from the late nineteenth century to the present. Focusing on Britain, it demonstrates that anti-Semitism, like any other concept, has a history: but in this case, one that remains largely uncharted. The essay draws a contrast between early usages of the term which regarded anti-Semitism as a specifically modern phenomenon and later meanings that have conceived anti-Semitism as a …
Beyond the Border Spectacle: Global Capital, Migrant Labor, and the Specter of Liminal Legality
This essay systematically thinks through the relationship between undocumented immigrants, guestworkers, and nonstatus immigrants as sources of flexible and highly exploitable noncitizen labor. It argues that many businesses are increasingly likely to view unauthorized workers as more of a liability than an asset, and that this makes an ostensibly legal but intensely surveilled and ultimately deportable workforce look more attractive. Challenging…
Banned: Immigration Enforcement in the Time of Trump
This text is a timely look at some of the key changes in the enforcement of immigration law during the Trump administration, from the perspective of a law professor and advocate. Immigration law is
Hope and Fear in the Midst of Coronavirus: What Accounts for Covid-19 Preparedness
Objective: The present study asks the question: What variables accounted for people's tendencies to take steps to prepare for COVID-19 during the earliest stage of the pandemic? Data collection took place from March 6 to 11, 2020. In particular, the study examines variables that have been shown to predict health behavior in previous research outside the context of the present pandemic, including hope, optimism, perceived risk, fear, and mental he…
Does Religious Belief Matter for Grief and Death Anxiety? Experimental Philosophy Meets Psychology of Religion
It is commonly reasoned that religious belief moderates death anxiety and aids in coping with loss. However, a philosophical perspective known as meta-atheism includes the claim that avowed religious believers grieve deaths and experience death anxiety as intensely as avowed atheists. Thus, we report a study comparing religious believers and nonbelievers on measures of death anxiety and grief. We further investigated the relationships between cer…
A Factor Analytic Study of Three Teacher Belief Scales
Recognition of the foundational nature of beliefs in attitude formation and change has resulted in the development of several instruments used to measure teachers' beliefs about parents and administrators. Given the psychometric shortcomings of these instruments, this study introduces three unidimensional teacher belief inventories: Teachers' Beliefs About Parents, Teachers' Beliefs About Administrators, and Perceptions of Parental Beliefs Concer…
A Factor Analytic Study of Three Teacher Belief Scales
Recognition of the foundational nature of beliefs in attitude formation and change has resulted in the development of several instruments used to measure teachers' beliefs about parents and administrators. Given the psychometric shortcomings of these instruments, this study introduces three unidimensional teacher belief inventories: Teachers' Beliefs About Parents, Teachers' Beliefs About Administrators, and Perceptions of Parental Beliefs Concer…
Self-Similar Melodies
John Cage insinuates Nature, understood broadly, into music. Unlike late nineteenth-century composers, for example, Cage never merely depicts Nature with his music, but rather unfolds music in many ways from nature. Cage's Nature extends far beyond the wild, the savage or the pristine, beyond any mere antithesis to the urban or civilized; it embraces the whole of contingent experience, the world as what happens. The multiple radios of Imaginary L…
Hope theory, measurements, and applications to school psychology.
Hope and the Meaningful Life: Theoretical and Empirical Associations Between Goal–Directed Thinking and Life Meaning
In this article, important theories of life meaning are discussed, as are the hypothesized effects of meaning on anxiety and depression. A commonality among these theories—hopeful thinking—is highlighted in the context of a goal–directed model of hope (Snyder et al., 1991). It is proposed that hope is a component common to all theories of meaning. We administered scales of meaning, hope, depression, and anxiety to 139 college students. Factor ana…
Can Suicide be Ethical? A Utilitarian Perspective on the Appropriateness of Choosing to Die
In his article in the current issue of Death Studies, "Can Suicide be a Good Death?" David Lester argues that each person should determine whether suicide is appropriate for him or her in relative isolation from the opinions of others. In the present article, I use a utilitarian ethical perspective to critique this assertion. According to utilitarianism, the "goodness" of an action is judged by its impact not only on the individual, but also upon…
Hope Therapy in a Community Sample: A Pilot Investigation
Dimensions of Mental Illness Stigma: What About Mental Illness Causes Social Rejection
The stigma of mental illness can be as harmful as the symptoms, leading to family discord, job discrimination, and social rejection. The existence of mental illness stigma has been well established, but stigma theory must go beyond demonstrations and mere descriptions. This article addresses which characteristics across mental disorders lead to stigmatization and social rejection. Participants (N = 270) read case histories depicting individuals w…
Can Hope be Changed in 90 Minutes? Testing the Efficacy of a Single-Session Goal-Pursuit Intervention for College Students
Hope, self-efficacy, optimism, and academic achievement: Distinguishing constructs and levels of specificity in predicting college grade-point average
Does Religious Belief Matter for Grief and Death Anxiety? Experimental Philosophy Meets Psychology of Religion
It is commonly reasoned that religious belief moderates death anxiety and aids in coping with loss. However, a philosophical perspective known as meta-atheism includes the claim that avowed religious believers grieve deaths and experience death anxiety as intensely as avowed atheists. Thus, we report a study comparing religious believers and nonbelievers on measures of death anxiety and grief. We further investigated the relationships between cer…
Toward a History of the Term “Anti-Semitism”
This essay traces the changing meanings of the term ‘anti-Semitism’ from the late nineteenth century to the present. Focusing on Britain, it demonstrates that anti-Semitism, like any other concept, has a history: but in this case, one that remains largely uncharted. The essay draws a contrast between early usages of the term which regarded anti-Semitism as a specifically modern phenomenon and later meanings that have conceived anti-Semitism as a …
Hope and Physical Exercise: The Contributions of Hope, Self-Efficacy, and Optimism in Accounting for Variance in Exercise Frequency
We examine the relationship of hope with exercise using Snyder's hope model, which defines hope as a combination of goal-directed planning (pathways) and motivation (agency). We surveyed 102 participants online via Amazon MTurk. The Adult Hope Scale and Goal-Specific Hope Scale assessed general hope and hope regarding exercise. The Leisure-Time Exercise Questionnaire assessed frequency of exercise and of any activity "long enough to work up a swe…
Hope, Daytime Sleepiness, and Academic Outcomes in Low-Income, Latinx Youth
Banned: Immigration Enforcement in the Time of Trump
This text is a timely look at some of the key changes in the enforcement of immigration law during the Trump administration, from the perspective of a law professor and advocate. Immigration law is
Beyond the Border Spectacle: Global Capital, Migrant Labor, and the Specter of Liminal Legality
This essay systematically thinks through the relationship between undocumented immigrants, guestworkers, and nonstatus immigrants as sources of flexible and highly exploitable noncitizen labor. It argues that many businesses are increasingly likely to view unauthorized workers as more of a liability than an asset, and that this makes an ostensibly legal but intensely surveilled and ultimately deportable workforce look more attractive. Challenging…
The Science and Application of Positive Psychology
Positive psychology tackles the big questions: What does it mean to live a 'good life'? What helps people to flourish and access their optimal potential? And how can we increase our capacities for joy, meaning, and hope? This engaging textbook emphasizes the science of positive psychology - students don't simply learn about positive psychology in the abstract, but instead are exposed to the fascinating research that supports its conclusions.Bridg…
Science and Application of Positive Psychology
Hope and Fear in the Midst of Coronavirus: What Accounts for Covid-19 Preparedness
Objective: The present study asks the question: What variables accounted for people's tendencies to take steps to prepare for COVID-19 during the earliest stage of the pandemic? Data collection took place from March 6 to 11, 2020. In particular, the study examines variables that have been shown to predict health behavior in previous research outside the context of the present pandemic, including hope, optimism, perceived risk, fear, and mental he…
Healthcare Professionals’ Lay Definitions of Hope
The Relationships of Hope, Optimism, and Academic Motivation With GPA Among University Students in Hong Kong
Research demonstrates the relationship between dispositional hope and GPA, but mixed results regarding the relationship between dispositional optimism and GPA. Hope and optimism also have been shown to predict academic motivation. However, no study has yet investigated all of these factors together, and most research concerns only Western samples. In a cross-sectional sample of 129 Hong Kong university students, we administered measures of intern…
The Hope and Goals of Youth Experiencing Homelessness
This study investigates the relationship between goal characteristics and hope in emerging adults experiencing homelessness. Employing Hope Theory as a framework, we surveyed 100 emerging adults experiencing homelessness, ages 18–29 ( M = 21.95), asking them to nominate three goals they were currently pursuing, rate those goals on personal importance, and complete measures of dispositional and goal-specific hope. Goals were coded for domains and …
A Randomized Controlled Trial Assessing the Psychological Benefits of a Daily Examen-Based Practice
This is a randomized controlled trial of an Examen-based practice, an intervention reflecting a five-step daily reflection and prayer practice developed by St. Ignatius of Loyola, founder of the Catholic Jesuit order. Like other practices (e.g., mindfulness, yoga), this practice can be used as a spiritual or secular intervention to help people with a variety of challenges and stressors. In this exploratory study, 57 university students were rando…
Relationship between Mindfulness and Eudaimonic Well-Being in a Thai Adult Sample: Roles of Hope and Meaning in Life
We examine the relationship between mindfulness and eudaimonic well-being in Thai adults, a population largely overlooked in mindfulness research despite the strong influence of Buddhism within this culture. Specifically, we hypothesized that hope and meaning will account for variance in this relationship. Utilizing self-report measures for mindfulness, hope, meaning in life, and eudaimonic well-being, findings from a sample of 269 Thai adults re…
Hope, quality of life, and duration of homelessness in emerging adults
This study examines the relationship between duration of homelessness and quality of life (QOL) among emerging adults (ages 18–29). Specifically, whether there is an interaction between dispositional hope and duration of homelessness. Previous research indicates that longer periods of homelessness are related to lower QOL. However, hope’s role in this relationship has never been explored. A sample of 100 young adults experiencing homelessness in …
Adult attachment styles and hope: Associations with life satisfaction
Attachment styles have long been linked to life satisfaction. Securely attached adults report higher levels of life satisfaction and insecurely attachment adults (anxious and avoidant) report lower levels. Likewise, hope has been shown to consistently relate to greater life satisfaction. Drawing from Bowlby’s Attachment Theory and Snyder’s Hope Theory, this study investigates whether hope mediates the relationship between attachment styles and li…
Psychology (17 works) · Optimism, Hope, and Well-being (15 works) · Social Psychology (11 works) · Clinical Psychology (10 works) · Psychotherapist (8 works) · Psychiatry (7 works) · Sociology (7 works) · Anxiety (6 works) · Developmental psychology (6 works) · Medicine (6 works)