Beck Hopelessness Scale.
BHS
Negative expectancies about the future / hopelessness across three facets (feelings about the future, loss of motivation, future expectations); a suicide-risk-relevant construct adjacent to depression
- Provisionally grouped under
- Length and format
- 20 items. True/false (0/1), summed 0-20; bands 0-3 minimal, 4-8 mild, 9-14 moderate, 15-20 severe (self-report questionnaire)
- Language versions
- Many languages incl. ES, FR, DE, ZH, IT, TR, FA, PT and others
- Licence
- copyrighted - commercial
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- Reference
- Beck, A. T., Weissman, A., Lester, D., & Trexler, L. (1974). The measurement of pessimism: the Hopelessness Scale. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 42(6), 861-865.
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