TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2015//
TI  - Beck hopelessness scale: psychometric properties among rural Chinese suicide attempters and non-attempters
JO  - Death studies
A1  - Zhang, Wen-Chao
A1  - Jia, Cun-xian
A1  - Hu, Xia
A1  - Qiu, Hui-Min
A1  - Liu, Xian-Chen
SP  - 442
EP  - 446
VL  - 39
IS  - 7
N2  - 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>
LA  - en
SN  - 0748-1187
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/07481187.2014.970300
ID  - ref1
ER  -