Psychologists are finding that hope plays a surprisingly vital role in giving people a measurable advantage in realms as (36) ______ as academic achievement, bearing up in tough jobs and coping with (37) _______ illness. And, by contrast, the loss of hope is turning out to be a stronger sign that a person may (38) _______ suicide than other factors long thought to be more likely risks.

Hope has proven a powerful predictor of (39) _______ in every study weve done so far, said Dr. Charles R. Snyder, a psychologist who has devised a (40) _______ to assess how much hope a person has.

For example, in research with 3,920 college students, Dr. Snyder and his (41) _______ found that the level of hope among freshmen at the beginning of their first semester was a more (42) _______ predictor of their college grades than were their S.A.T. scores or their grade point (43) _______ in high school, the two measures most commonly used to predict college performance.

(44)_____________________, Dr. Snyder said. When you compare students of equivalent intelligence and past academic achievements, what sets them apart is hope.

In devising a way to assess hope scientifically, Dr. Snyder (45)__________

__________. That notion is not concrete enough, and it blurs two key components of hope, Dr. Snyder said. (46)____________________.

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