title: Hopelessness, helplessness, and haplessness as predictors of suicidal ideation.
abstract: Scales to measure helplessness and hopelessness were found to have good reliability and concurrent validity and were significantly correlated with suicidal ideation.
authors.affiliation: Psychology Program, The Richard Stockton College of New Jersey, Pomona 08240-0195, USA. lesterd@stockton.edu
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Lester
authors.forename: Rheeda L
authors.initials: RL
authors.lastname: Walker
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003863:Depression / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011446:Prospective Studies; D013406:Suicide, Attempted / Q000523:psychology* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires