1.70 Factor Structure of the Beck Hopelessness Scale in Clinically Depressed Adolescents

Hopelessness has been found to be a robust predictor of both suicidal ideation and suicidal behavior. The Beck Hopelessness Scale (BHS) is the most widely used instrument for assessing hopelessness. Little research has been conducted, however, on the psychometric properties of the BHS among clinical...

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Published inJournal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Vol. 57; no. 10; p. S158
Main Authors Liou, Jason, Howard, Kelsey, Waldron, Elizabeth M., Reinecke, Mark A.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Baltimore Elsevier Inc 01.10.2018
Elsevier BV
Subjects
Adolescents
Child & adolescent psychiatry
Hopelessness
Mental depression
Quantitative psychology
Scale models
Suicidal ideation
Suicide
Suicides & suicide attempts
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Summary:Hopelessness has been found to be a robust predictor of both suicidal ideation and suicidal behavior. The Beck Hopelessness Scale (BHS) is the most widely used instrument for assessing hopelessness. Little research has been conducted, however, on the psychometric properties of the BHS among clinically depressed youth.
ISSN:0890-8567
1527-5418
DOI:10.1016/j.jaac.2018.09.085