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Peer reviewedDurham, Thomas W. – Journal of Clinical Psychology, 1982
Administered the Hopelessness Scale to criminal psychiatric inpatients, general psychiatric inpatients, and college students. Both psychiatric groups endorsed significantly more items in the hopeless direction. Found the scale more reliable with the psychiatric patients. Item analysis of the Hopelessness Scale suggests that three items were not…
Descriptors: College Students, Comparative Testing, Correctional Institutions, Criminals
