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Peer reviewedSteed, Lyndall – Educational and Psychological Measurement, 2001
Examined the psychometric properties of the Beck Hopelessness Scale (A. Beck and others, 1974) among 544 university students. Results show satisfactory internal consistency of scores, but factor analysis suggested four factors that were largely uninterpretable. Results of a convergent validity study indicate that there are more appropriate…
Descriptors: College Students, Factor Analysis, Factor Structure, Higher Education
