title: Developmental aspects of hopelessness.
abstract: Developmental aspects of hopelessness were studied within a holistic-organismic framework. It is suggested that for an individual to become hopeless, cognitive-affective development and the development of the concept of time have to reach a certain level. The developmental readiness to experience hopelessness is considered necessary for an adolescent to present a clinical picture of depression similar to that of the adult.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002657:Child Development; D003071:Cognition; D003863:Depression / Q000523:psychology*; D006801:Humans; D010553:Personality Development; D013998:Time Perception