Proposal for a short version of the beck hopelessness scale based on a national representative survey in Hungary

Community Mental Health Journal

Volumn 49, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 822-830

  Perczel Forintos, Dóra ^a   Rózsa, Sándor ^b   Pilling, János ^a   Kopp, Mária ^a  

^a SEMMELWEIS UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^b EÖTVÖS LORÁND UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Beck Hopelessness scale; Psychometric properties; Short version; Suicide prevention

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUNGARY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; PSYCHOMETRY; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICS; SUICIDE; SUICIDE ATTEMPT; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; HUNGARY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOMETRICS; SEX FACTORS; SUICIDE; SUICIDE, ATTEMPTED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84890789228     PISSN: 00103853     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10597-013-9619-1     Document Type: Review

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