Citation

Steer RA, Iguchi MY, Platt JJ. Drug Alcohol Depend. 1994; 34(2): 99-103.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1994, Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

10.1016/0376-8716(94)90129-5

PMID

8026306

Abstract

The Beck Hopelessness Scale (BHS) was administered to 2379 intravenous drug users who were not in treatment, unaware of their human-immunodeficiency-virus (HIV) status and seeking HIV testing and counselling. Three BHS principal components were identified reflecting resignation to the futility of changing the future, rejection of the possibility of a hopeful future, and acceptance of the inevitability of a hopeless future. The principal component scores representing these three dimensions were positively related to self-reported depression and suicidal ideation; the rejection scores were positively correlated with confirmed HIV seropositivity.

Language: en

Keywords

Adaptation, Psychological; Adult; AIDS Serodiagnosis; Cocaine; Counseling; Depression; Female; Heroin Dependence; HIV Seropositivity; Humans; Male; Motivation; Personality Inventory; Risk Factors; Sick Role; Substance Abuse, Intravenous; Substance-Related Disorders; Suicide; Suicide Prevention