title: The Hopelessness Scale for Children: psychometric properties with hospitalized adolescents.
abstract: This study examined the internal consistency and factor structure of the Hopelessness Scale for Children with 201 adolescent inpatients (M age = 15.4 years). In comparison to the psychometric properties of the scale found with younger children, our findings suggest adequate, but lower, internal consistency reliability and a weak core factor structure. The results are discussed in terms of possible changes in the child scale or the alternative use of an adult measure of hopelessness with adolescents.
authors.affiliation: University of California San Francisco, USA.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Thurber
authors.forename: D R
authors.initials: DR
authors.lastname: Hollingsworth
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Miller
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000296:Adolescent Psychiatry / Q000379:methods*; D000298:Adolescent, Hospitalized / Q000523:psychology*; D000367:Age Factors; D002648:Child; D002665:Child Psychiatry / Q000379:methods; D002674:Child, Institutionalized / Q000523:psychology*; D003863:Depression / Q000175:diagnosis*; D005163:Factor Analysis, Statistical; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007326:Institutionalization; D008297:Male; D011569:Psychiatric Status Rating Scales / Q000592:standards*; D011594:Psychometrics / Q000592:standards*; D015203:Reproducibility of Results