Citation

Lester D. Suicide Stud. 2021; 2(1): 28-30.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2021, David Lester)

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Abstract

This article argues that the distinction between risk and protective factors is merely a linguistic ploy. Separate scales to measure optimism and pessimism were no better at predicting hopelessness scores in a sample of 154 college undergraduates (multiple R = 0.82) than combining the two scales into a single optimism-pessimism scale (Pearson r = 0.82).

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