The Hopelessness Scale for Children: Psychometric Properties with Normal and Emotionally Disturbed Adolescents.

Spirito, Anthony; And Others

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Publication Date: 1988

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The Hopelessness Scale for Children: Psychometric Properties with Normal and Emotionally Disturbed Adolescents.

Spirito, Anthony; And Others

Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, v16 n4 p445-58 Aug 1988

Psychometric properties of the Hopelessness Scale for Children (HSC) were evaluated with 834 normal adolescents and 93 adolescent suicide attempters. Positive correlations with depression and depressive attributional style were found for the suicide attempter group. These and other results are discussed in terms of the utility of the HSC. (JW)

Descriptors: Adolescents, Behavior Disorders, Clinical Diagnosis, Depression (Psychology), Emotional Disturbances, Personality Measures, Predictive Measurement, Predictor Variables, Psychological Evaluation, Suicide

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Assessments and Surveys: Hopelessness Scale

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