Beck Hopelessness Scale

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The Beck Hopelessness Scale is a psychological assessment tool that measures negative expectations about the future and is widely used to evaluate suicide risk and depressive severity.

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instanceOf psychological assessment scale
self-report questionnaire
administrationMode computer-based
paper-and-pencil
assesses future expectations
loss of motivation
negative attitudes about the future
pessimism
associatedWith major depressive disorder
suicidal ideation
suicide attempts
constructType cognitive
developedWithin cognitive theory of depression
developer Aaron T. Beck NERFINISHED
field clinical psychology
psychiatry
hasItemCount 20
hasPsychometricProperty good internal consistency
good test-retest reliability
predictive validity for suicide risk
hasSubscale feelings about the future
future expectations
loss of motivation
hasVersion Beck Hopelessness Scale manual NERFINISHED
higherScoresIndicate greater hopelessness
language English
measures hopelessness
negative expectations about the future
publisher The Psychological Corporation NERFINISHED
relatedTo Beck Depression Inventory NERFINISHED
Beck Scale for Suicide Ideation NERFINISHED
requires basic reading ability
responseFormat true-false
scaleRange 0–20
targetPopulation adolescents
adults
timeToAdminister approximately 5–10 minutes
usedBy clinical psychologists
mental health clinicians
psychiatrists
usedFor assessment of depressive severity
assessment of suicide risk
clinical evaluation
research on depression
treatment outcome monitoring

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Aaron T. Beck knownFor Beck Hopelessness Scale