"Hope is a vital life force in humans. One function of hope is to defend against despair. Expectation is a key attribute of hope and is, of course, directed toward the future-not the past. This expectation can be directed toward relief from a difficult situation, but people must have a basic sense of control over their environment and a belief that there is a "way out" to be able to hope for relief from present difficulties. A sense of entrapment, multiple losses, illness, impoverishment and life-threatening situations leads to a loss of hope or an inability to hope. When hope is lost, there is no reason to act, to set goals, or to work toward freedom from adverse situations because there is no way out."
Cited in: A theory-based nursing intervention to instill hope in homeless veterans, Tollett, Jane; PhD, RN; Thomas, Sandra; PhD, RN in Advances in Nursing Science, 18(2):76-90, December 1995.
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