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Hopelessness in a community population in Japan
Author(s) -
Tanaka Eriko,
Sakamoto Shinji,
Ono Yutaka,
Fujihara Shigeki,
Kitamura Toshinori
Publication year - 1996
Publication title -
journal of clinical psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.124
H-Index - 119
eISSN - 1097-4679
pISSN - 0021-9762
DOI - 10.1002/(sici)1097-4679(199611)52:6<609::aid-jclp2>3.0.co;2-f
Subject(s) - psychology , population , clinical psychology , developmental psychology , demography , sociology
The Japanese version of the Beck Hopelessness Scale was administered to a total of 154 community residents. The internal consistency (KR‐20) was .86. The mean BHS score was 8.6 ( SD = 3.9), approximately one standard deviation higher than the reported mean for an Irish general population. The BHS scores were found to be significantly correlated with the age and the number of people living together. Significant negative correlations were found with subjective physical fitness, self‐confidence, satisfaction with accommodation and marital state, and adjustment in the work place. The mean BHS score was significantly higher among those individuals who had experienced early maternal or paternal death than those who had not. © 1996 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.