Selected Journal Articles
Corn, B. W., & Feldman, D. B. (2025). Cancer statistics, 2025: A hinge-moment for optimism to morph into hope? CA: A Cancer Journal for Clinicians, 74.
Feldman, D. B., & Jazaieri, H. (2024). Feeling hopeful: Development and validation of the Trait Emotion Hope Scale. Frontiers in Psychology, 15, 1322807.
Feldman, D. B., Jazaieri, H., O’Rourke, M. A., Bakitas, M. A., Krouse, R. S., Deininger, H. E., Hudson, M. F., & Corn, B. W. (2023). Healthcare professionals’ lay definitions of hope. Journal of Happiness Studies, 24, 231–247.
Corn, B. W., Feldman, D. B., Hull, J. G., O’Rourke, M. A., & Bakitas, M. (2022). Dispositional hope as a potential outcome parameter among patients with advanced malignancy: An analysis of the ENABLE database. Cancer, 128, 401-409.
Feldman, D. B., O’Rourke, M. A., Bakitas, M. A., Krouse, R. S., Deiniger, H. E., Hudson, M. F., & Corn, B. W. (2021). Hope, burnout, and life satisfaction: An intriguing trinity among investigators of the SWOG cancer research network. Journal of Clinical Oncology: Oncology Practice, 17, 908-916.
Corn, B., Feldman, D. B., & Wexler, I. (2020). The science of hope. Lancet Oncology, 21, 452-459.
Cheavens, J. S., Heiy, J. E., Feldman, D. B., Benitez, C. & Rand, K. L. (2019). Hope, goals, and pathways: Further validating the hope scale with observer ratings. Journal of Positive Psychology, 14, 452-462.
Feldman, D. B. (2017). Stepwise psychosocial palliative care: A new approach to the treatment of posttraumatic stress disorder at the end of life. Journal of Social Work in End-of-Life and Palliative Care, 13, 113-133.
Feldman, D. B., Gressis, R. A., & Fischer, I. C. (2016). Does religious belief matter for grief and death anxiety? Experimental philosophy meets psychology of religion. Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, 55, 531-539.
Feldman, D. B., Oranit, D. B., Ben-Niam, S., Maza, E., & Margalit, M. (2016). Hope as a mediator of loneliness and academic self-efficacy among students with and without learning disabilities during the transition to college. Learning Disabilities Research and Practice, 31, 63-74.
Feldman, D. B., & Kubota, M. (2015). Hope, self-efficacy, optimism, and academic achievement: Constructs and levels of specificity in predicting college grade-point average. Learning and Individual Differences, 37, 210-216.
Feldman, D. B., & Sills, J. R. (2013). Hope and cardiovascular health-promoting behavior: Education alone is not enough. Psychology and Health, 28, 727-745.
Feldman, D. B., & Dreher, D. E. (2012). Can hope be changed in 90 minutes? Testing the efficacy of a single-session goal-pursuit intervention for college students. Journal of Happiness Studies, 13, 745-759.
Feldman, D. B., Rand, K. L., & Kahle-Wrobleski, K. (2009). Hope and goal attainment: Testing a basic prediction of hope theory. Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology, 28, 479-497.
Feldman, D. B., & Kaal, K. J. (2007). Vicarious trauma and assumptive worldview: Beliefs about the world in acquaintances of trauma victims. Traumatology, 3, 21-31.
Cheavens, J. S., Feldman, D. B., Gum, A., Michael, S. T., & Snyder, C. R. (2006). Hope therapy in a community sample: A pilot investigation. Social Indicators Research, 77, 61-78.
Feldman, D. B., & Periyakoil, V. (2006). Posttraumatic stress disorder at the end of life. Journal of Palliative Medicine, 9, 213-218.
Feldman, D. B., & Snyder, C. R. (2005). Hope and the meaningful life: Theoretical and empirical associations between goal-directed thinking and life meaning. Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology, 24, 401-421.
Selected Book Chapters
Feldman, D. B., Jacqueline, Ge, & Baxter, J. B. (in press). Hope. In H. Friedman & C. Markey (Ed.), Encyclopedia of mental health, third edition. New York: Elsevier.
Feldman, D. B., & von Garnier, S. (2018). Nurturing hope: Tools for cultivating hopeful thinking and a meaningful life. In T. G. Plante (Ed.), Healing with spiritual practices: Proven techniques for disorders from addictions and anxiety to cancer and chronic pain (pp. 14-26). Westport, CT: Praeger.
Feldman, D. B., Balaraman, M., & Anderson, C. (2018). Hope and meaning-in-life: Points of contact between hope theory and existentialism. In S. J. Lopez & M. W. Gallagher (Eds.), The Oxford handbook of hope (pp. 341-351). New York: Oxford University Press.
Feldman, D. B., Davidson, O. B., & Margalit, M. (2013). Promoting Hope, Sense of Coherence and Self-Efficacy in College: The Salutogenic Paradigm. In C. Krause & C. H. Mayer (Ed.), Mental health: Theoretical and empirical discourses on salutogenesis. London: LIT Publishers.
Feldman, D. B. (2013). The meaning of hope and vice versa: Goal-directed thinking and the construction of a meaningful life. In J. Hicks & C. Routledge (Ed.), The experience of meaning in life: Classical perspectives, emerging themes, and controversies (pp. 141-150). New York: Springer.
Feldman, D. B., & Llamas, J. (2011). Working with family caregivers of persons with terminal illness. In S. H. Qualls & J. Kasl-Godley (Eds.), End-of-life issues, grief, and bereavement: What clinicians need to know (pp. 64-84). Hoboken, NJ: Wiley.
Corn, B. W., & Feldman, D. B. (2025). Cancer statistics, 2025: A hinge-moment for optimism to morph into hope? CA: A Cancer Journal for Clinicians, 74.
Feldman, D. B., & Jazaieri, H. (2024). Feeling hopeful: Development and validation of the Trait Emotion Hope Scale. Frontiers in Psychology, 15, 1322807.
Feldman, D. B., Jazaieri, H., O’Rourke, M. A., Bakitas, M. A., Krouse, R. S., Deininger, H. E., Hudson, M. F., & Corn, B. W. (2023). Healthcare professionals’ lay definitions of hope. Journal of Happiness Studies, 24, 231–247.
Corn, B. W., Feldman, D. B., Hull, J. G., O’Rourke, M. A., & Bakitas, M. (2022). Dispositional hope as a potential outcome parameter among patients with advanced malignancy: An analysis of the ENABLE database. Cancer, 128, 401-409.
Feldman, D. B., O’Rourke, M. A., Bakitas, M. A., Krouse, R. S., Deiniger, H. E., Hudson, M. F., & Corn, B. W. (2021). Hope, burnout, and life satisfaction: An intriguing trinity among investigators of the SWOG cancer research network. Journal of Clinical Oncology: Oncology Practice, 17, 908-916.
Corn, B., Feldman, D. B., & Wexler, I. (2020). The science of hope. Lancet Oncology, 21, 452-459.
Cheavens, J. S., Heiy, J. E., Feldman, D. B., Benitez, C. & Rand, K. L. (2019). Hope, goals, and pathways: Further validating the hope scale with observer ratings. Journal of Positive Psychology, 14, 452-462.
Feldman, D. B. (2017). Stepwise psychosocial palliative care: A new approach to the treatment of posttraumatic stress disorder at the end of life. Journal of Social Work in End-of-Life and Palliative Care, 13, 113-133.
Feldman, D. B., Gressis, R. A., & Fischer, I. C. (2016). Does religious belief matter for grief and death anxiety? Experimental philosophy meets psychology of religion. Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, 55, 531-539.
Feldman, D. B., Oranit, D. B., Ben-Niam, S., Maza, E., & Margalit, M. (2016). Hope as a mediator of loneliness and academic self-efficacy among students with and without learning disabilities during the transition to college. Learning Disabilities Research and Practice, 31, 63-74.
Feldman, D. B., & Kubota, M. (2015). Hope, self-efficacy, optimism, and academic achievement: Constructs and levels of specificity in predicting college grade-point average. Learning and Individual Differences, 37, 210-216.
Feldman, D. B., & Sills, J. R. (2013). Hope and cardiovascular health-promoting behavior: Education alone is not enough. Psychology and Health, 28, 727-745.
Feldman, D. B., & Dreher, D. E. (2012). Can hope be changed in 90 minutes? Testing the efficacy of a single-session goal-pursuit intervention for college students. Journal of Happiness Studies, 13, 745-759.
Feldman, D. B., Rand, K. L., & Kahle-Wrobleski, K. (2009). Hope and goal attainment: Testing a basic prediction of hope theory. Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology, 28, 479-497.
Feldman, D. B., & Kaal, K. J. (2007). Vicarious trauma and assumptive worldview: Beliefs about the world in acquaintances of trauma victims. Traumatology, 3, 21-31.
Cheavens, J. S., Feldman, D. B., Gum, A., Michael, S. T., & Snyder, C. R. (2006). Hope therapy in a community sample: A pilot investigation. Social Indicators Research, 77, 61-78.
Feldman, D. B., & Periyakoil, V. (2006). Posttraumatic stress disorder at the end of life. Journal of Palliative Medicine, 9, 213-218.
Feldman, D. B., & Snyder, C. R. (2005). Hope and the meaningful life: Theoretical and empirical associations between goal-directed thinking and life meaning. Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology, 24, 401-421.
Selected Book Chapters
Feldman, D. B., Jacqueline, Ge, & Baxter, J. B. (in press). Hope. In H. Friedman & C. Markey (Ed.), Encyclopedia of mental health, third edition. New York: Elsevier.
Feldman, D. B., & von Garnier, S. (2018). Nurturing hope: Tools for cultivating hopeful thinking and a meaningful life. In T. G. Plante (Ed.), Healing with spiritual practices: Proven techniques for disorders from addictions and anxiety to cancer and chronic pain (pp. 14-26). Westport, CT: Praeger.
Feldman, D. B., Balaraman, M., & Anderson, C. (2018). Hope and meaning-in-life: Points of contact between hope theory and existentialism. In S. J. Lopez & M. W. Gallagher (Eds.), The Oxford handbook of hope (pp. 341-351). New York: Oxford University Press.
Feldman, D. B., Davidson, O. B., & Margalit, M. (2013). Promoting Hope, Sense of Coherence and Self-Efficacy in College: The Salutogenic Paradigm. In C. Krause & C. H. Mayer (Ed.), Mental health: Theoretical and empirical discourses on salutogenesis. London: LIT Publishers.
Feldman, D. B. (2013). The meaning of hope and vice versa: Goal-directed thinking and the construction of a meaningful life. In J. Hicks & C. Routledge (Ed.), The experience of meaning in life: Classical perspectives, emerging themes, and controversies (pp. 141-150). New York: Springer.
Feldman, D. B., & Llamas, J. (2011). Working with family caregivers of persons with terminal illness. In S. H. Qualls & J. Kasl-Godley (Eds.), End-of-life issues, grief, and bereavement: What clinicians need to know (pp. 64-84). Hoboken, NJ: Wiley.
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