Citation

Vatan S, Lester D. Psychol. Rep. 2007; 103(3): 701-702.

Affiliation

Psychology Department, Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey 06531. svatan@hacettepe.edu.tr; Psychology Program, The Richard Stockton College of New Jersey, Pomona 08240-0195, USA. lesterd@stockton.edu

Comment On:

Omega 2007;55(4):321-324.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2007, SAGE Publishing)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

19320202

Abstract

The aim of this study was to estimate the concurrent validity of the Hopelessness, Helplessness, and Haplessness Scale developed by Lester (1998). Data were obtained from 75 psychiatric patients. Cronbach alphas ranged from .67 to .90. Scores on the scales were associated with Beck, Weissman, Lester, and Trexler's measure of hopelessness, with the correlation strongest for the new hopelessness scale.

Language: en