@article{ref1,
title="Beck hopelessness scale: psychometric properties among rural Chinese suicide attempters and non-attempters",
journal="Death studies",
year="2015",
author="Zhang, Wen-Chao and Jia, Cun-xian and Hu, Xia and Qiu, Hui-Min and Liu, Xian-Chen",
volume="39",
number="7",
pages="442-446",
abstract="This study recruited 401 suicide attempters from general hospitals and 409 matched non-attempters to evaluate the psychometric properties of the Beck Hopelessness Scale (BHS) in rural China. All participants completed the BHS, Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale (CES-D), and Trait Anxiety Inventory (TAI). Suicide attempters had higher BHS scores than non-attempters. Cronbach's alpha coefficients were satisfactory and BHS scores significantly correlated to CES-D and TAI scores. Confirmatory factor analysis supported a four-factor model for suicide attempters and a five-factor model for non-attempters. The BHS is satisfactory in assessing hopelessness among suicide attempters in rural China.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0748-1187",
doi="10.1080/07481187.2014.970300",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/07481187.2014.970300"
}