How Decisiveness, Self-Efficacy, Curiosity and Independent/Interdependent Self-Construals Are Related with Future Hopefulness among Senior Students

Hope is a future oriented reasoning that influences psychological assets of individuals. A hopeful standing towards future can positively influence individual well-being. Different standings in terms of hopefulness may create variations on psychological assets of persons. In the current study, we examined the associations of decisiveness, self-efficacy, curiosity and self-construals with hopefulness. A total of 278 senior university students were recruited for the study from Eastern Mediterranean University in Famagusta, North Cyprus. Participants filled six questionnaires; Beck Hopelessness Scale, Independent and Interdependent Self-Construals Scale, Multi Domain Decisiveness Scale, Curiosity and Exploration Inventory II, Dispositional Hope Scale and General Self-Efficacy Scale. The data was analyzed by hierarchical multiple regression analysis on SPSS 23 software program. Results indicated that selfefficacy and decisiveness significantly predicted hopefulness, while curiosity did not predict hopefulness and only independent self-construal had the predictive effect on hopefulness. Based on these findings, emerging adulthood nature of study sample was discussed and further recommendations were presented. Keywords: Hopefulness, Self-Efficacy, Decisiveness, Curiosity, Emerging Adulthood, Self-construals.