中文摘要：

经过20余年的发展,希望认知理论已经在世界各领域得到认可,将其应用于临床领域则成为近年来的热点。希望思维可以通过训练产生和提高,从而帮助个体改善身心疾病,矫正不良行为。希望思维还能帮助个体应对压力情境,促进积极心理健康,帮助其更好的成长与发展。总的来说,其在临床的应用具有适用范围广泛、干预方法简单易行、可作为独立干预系统也能与传统心理治疗相融合三个特点。未来应注重对其内部作用机制、相应理论及本土化问题的研究。

英文摘要：

The cognitive theory of hope proposed that hope is a goal-driven positive thinking strategy which is composed of goal, agency and pathway. A substantial number of studies at home and abroad have showed, statistically and theoretically, the existence of cognitive model of hope. And its structure is worldwide, inter-age and cross-cultural. As an attainable cognitive strategy, hopeful thinking can be trained and sustained by systematic practices to regain the feeling of hope and improve the strength of individuals to deal with their problems and issues. Hence, the significance of hopeful thinking in clinical area has been extensively recognized and demonstrated. Firstly, hopeful thinking is important to the treatment of physical diseases like cancer and mental illnesses like schizophrenia and emotional disorder. Patients with high level of hope take the initiative to seek more effective strategies to defeat illnesses. Besides, the behaviors and emotion of paramedics and care-givers interact with patients. Hence, high hope is important to both the patients and paramedics and care-givers. Secondly, hopeful thinking has also been used to develop interventions that aim at the behavior modification of drug abusers, sexual offenders and at-risk youth. Thirdly, increasing hope can enhance individuals’ psychological strength so that the subjective well-being and life satisfaction can be improved as well. Fourthly, when dealing with stress, people with high level of hope generate more flexible pathways and benefit from their experiences while their low-level-of-hope counterparts tend to be withdrawn or depressed. Finally, hopeful thinking is highly related to academic achievement and sport accomplishment. Researchers use horticultural and sand tray therapies to boost high school students’ hopeful thinking and thus to improve student’s ability to battle stress and to promote their psychological strength. The practice of hopeful thinking in clinical area not only helps with the alleviation of symptoms, but also contribut