The structure of the Beck Hopelessness Scale: A confirmatory factor analysis in UK students

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 17-22

  Hanna, Donncha ^a   White, Ross ^a   Lyons, Kristopher ^a   McParland, Michael J ^a   Shannon, Ciaran ^a   Mulholland, Ciaran ^a  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Beck Hopelessness Scale; Confirmatory factor analysis; Depressive disorder; Hopelessness; Normal population

Indexed keywords

EID: 79954584828     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2011.03.001     Document Type: Article

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