Building on hope theory, this study demonstrates that state and trait hope are associated with daily interpersonal experiences. Multilevel modeling of daily diary data (N = 127 adults) indicated that state hope—composed of the dual factors of pathways (i.e., the ability to devise routes toward goals) and agency (i.e., motivation to pursue devised routes)—was negatively associated with amount of daily interpersonal conflict, positively associated with constructive conflict management when conflict occurred, and negatively associated with daily challenges in maintaining relationships. These relationships were found largely at the within-person level. Further, and consistent with central tenets of hope theory, moderated multilevel models showed that within-person state pathways and agency thinking were more strongly associated with day quality on days when individuals experienced higher-than-usual levels of relational maintenance challenges. Finally, in an extension of hope theory, multilevel models showed that dispositional pathways and between-person state agency were positively linked to momentary feelings of connection as captured by experience sampling over a 7-day period. Overall, the findings contribute to the continued expansion of hope theory into the study of social and personal relationships.

在希望理论的基础上，这项研究表明，状态和特质的希望与日常人际关系有关。每日日记数据的多级建模（N= 127位成年人）表明，国家希望（由途径（即，设计通往目标的途径的能力）和代理（即，追求所设计的途径的动机）的双重因素组成，与日常人际冲突的数量呈负相关发生冲突时与建设性冲突管理相关，与维持关系方面的日常挑战负相关。这些关系主要是在人际层面上发现的。此外，与希望理论的中心宗旨相一致，适度的多层次模型显示，当个人经历比正常水平更高的关系维护挑战时，人际状态途径和代理思维与日质量更紧密相关。最后，在希望理论的扩展中，多层次模型表明，性格途径和人与人之间的国家代理与通过7天的经验采样所捕捉的瞬时联系有正相关。总体而言，这些发现有助于将希望理论继续扩展到社会和人际关系的研究中。