Enhanced measurement sensitivity of hopeless ideation among older adults at risk of self-harm: Reliability and validity of Likert-type responses to the Beck Hopelessness Scale

Aging and Mental Health

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 752-756

  Neufeld, Eva ^a   O'Rourke, Norm ^b   Donnelly, Martha ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^b SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

depressive symptomatology; elderly; hopelessness; reliability; suicide related ideation; validity

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AUTOMUTILATION; DEPRESSION; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; PSYCHOMETRY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SUICIDAL IDEATION; VALIDATION STUDY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DEPRESSION; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOMETRICS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SELF-INJURIOUS BEHAVIOR; SUICIDAL IDEATION;

EID: 77955330316     PISSN: 13607863     EISSN: 13646915     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13607860903421052     Document Type: Article

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