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Test‐retest reliability of the hopelessness scale and its items in a university population
Author(s) -
Holden Ronald R.,
Fekken G. Cynthia
Publication year - 1988
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 - 10.1002/1097-4679(198801)44:1<40::aid-jclp2270440108>3.0.co;2-p
Subject(s) - psychology , clinical psychology , beck hopelessness scale , scale (ratio) , reliability (semiconductor) , test (biology) , population , psychometrics , test validity , psychiatry , medicine , anxiety , paleontology , power (physics) , physics , beck depression inventory , environmental health , quantum mechanics , biology
In a study that used 149 university undergraduates and a 3‐week test‐retest interval, the stability of the Hopelessness Scale was examined. Scale scores and item responses demonstrated high test‐retest reliabilities. Additional analyses indicated significant sex differences on the Hopelessness Scale. It was concluded that the Hopelessness Scale's stability fulfills a prerequisite for it to be a predictor of long‐term suicidal risk.