title: Developing a concept of hope from a human science perspective.
abstract: This article explores concept development from a human science perspective and uses concept inventing, a method described by Parse, for developing the concept of hope as inspired by the Taiwanese folk song "Mending a Torn Fish Net." The synthesized definition is hope is resolute picturing of the possibilities amid the restrictions-opportunities of communion-aloneness while creatively metamorphosing. This definition is explicitly connected to the three principles of Parse's theory of human becoming. Reflections on research and practice are provided.
authors.affiliation: University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, School of Nursing, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA.
authors.forename: C E
authors.initials: CE
authors.lastname: Wang
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D003210:Concept Formation; D005495:Folklore; D006803:Human Development; D006808:Humanism; D006801:Humans; D008132:Loneliness; D016294:Models, Nursing; D008960:Models, Psychological; D009013:Morale; D009146:Music; D009742:Nursing Theory; D012586:Science; D013561:Symbolism; D013624:Taiwan