title: [Study of Beck's hopelessness scale. Validation and factor analysis].
abstract: The validation study and factorial analysis of the Beck's hopelessness scale is presented. Two groups were compared including patients suffering from depression (n = 100) and a control group (n = 93). Age and sex were comparable in the two groups. The hopelessness scale is valid, and differentiates depressive patients from control subjects. The scale has a good reliability (test-retest, r = .81) and a good internal consistency (alpha = .97) for depressive subjects and alpha = .79 for control subjects). It also shows a good concurrent validity with other scales assessing depressive cognitions, the automatic thoughts questionnaire, the dysfunctional attitudes scale (form A) and a scale assessing the suicidal risk (ERSD). No concurrent validity is found with scales assessing the intensity of depression, the Beck depression inventory and the Hamilton scale. The factorial analysis elicits a general factor, accounting for 38.15% of the variance, and reflecting negative feelings about the future. The study of all the factorial analysis shows the stability of the factorial structure.
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire de Psychologie Médicale, Hôpital Neurologique, Lyon.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Bouvard
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Charles
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Guérin
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Aimard
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Cottraux
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000704:Analysis of Variance; D003866:Depressive Disorder / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010556:Personality Tests; D011237:Predictive Value of Tests; D011594:Psychometrics; D012647:Self-Assessment; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires
vernacular_title: Etude de l'échelle de désespoir de Beck (hopelessness scale). Validation et analyse factorielle.