The psychology of hope is used to conceptualize how college students successfully meet their personal and professional goals and ultimately persist to graduation. However, limited evidence has suggested that high levels of hope might have a paradoxical effect for Black college students when faced with experiences of discrimination. The present study examined the moderation effects of hope on the associations between experiences of discrimination and perceptions of stress and academic integration among a sample of 1st-year U.S. Black college students (N = 203) partly derived from secondary data. Structural equation modeling revealed inverse associations between hope and stress, as well as positive associations between hope and academic integration. However, latent variable moderation revealed that students with high levels of hope had the strongest positive associations between discrimination and stress, thus supporting a paradoxical effect. By contrast, the negative association between discrimination and academic integration emerged for only students with low levels of hope. Results suggest the psychological and academic benefits of hope are complex. Specifically, in the context of discrimination experiences, hope may have a paradoxical effect for Black students' mental health while still retaining a positive and buffering effect for their academic integration. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2020 APA, all rights reserved).

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重新审视希望的悖论：歧视在一年级黑人大学生中的作用。

希望心理学用于概念化大学生如何成功实现个人和职业目标并最终坚持到毕业。然而，有限的证据表明，当面临歧视经历时，高水平的希望可能会对黑人大学生产生自相矛盾的影响。本研究在部分来自二手数据的美国一年级黑人大学生（N = 203）样本中，研究了希望对歧视经历与压力感知和学业融合之间关联的调节作用。结构方程模型揭示了希望与压力之间的负相关，以及希望与学业融合之间的正相关。然而，潜变量调节显示，具有高度希望的学生在歧视和压力之间具有最强的正相关，从而支持了矛盾效应。相比之下，歧视与学业融合之间的负面关联只出现在希望水平较低的学生身上。结果表明，希望在心理和学术上的好处是复杂的。具体来说，在歧视经历的背景下，希望可能对黑人学生的心理健康产生矛盾的影响，同时仍然对他们的学业融合保持积极的缓冲作用。（PsycINFO 数据库记录 (c) 2020 APA，保留所有权利）。歧视与学业融合之间的负面关联只出现在希望水平较低的学生身上。结果表明，希望在心理和学术上的好处是复杂的。具体来说，在歧视经历的背景下，希望可能对黑人学生的心理健康产生矛盾的影响，同时仍然对他们的学业融合保持积极的缓冲作用。（PsycINFO 数据库记录 (c) 2020 APA，保留所有权利）。歧视与学业融合之间的负面关联只出现在希望水平较低的学生身上。结果表明，希望在心理和学术上的好处是复杂的。具体来说，在歧视经历的背景下，希望可能对黑人学生的心理健康产生矛盾的影响，同时仍然对他们的学业融合保持积极的缓冲作用。（PsycINFO 数据库记录 (c) 2020 APA，保留所有权利）。