A brief research note: helplessness, hopelessness, and haplessness as predictors of suicidal ideation: a cross-cultural study.
Scales to measure helplessness and hopelessness were found to have good reliability and were significantly correlated with suicidal ideation in both Turkish and American respondents.
Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey.
Faruk
F
Gençöz
Sevginar
S
Vatan
Rheeda
R
Walker
David
D
Lester
D000328:Adult; D001293:Attitude to Death / Q000208:ethnology*; D003431:Cross-Cultural Comparison; D003863:Depression / Q000208:ethnology* / Q000523:psychology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007389:Internal-External Control; D008297:Male; D009042:Motivation; D011594:Psychometrics; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012931:Social Environment; D013334:Students / Q000523:psychology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D013406:Suicide, Attempted / Q000208:ethnology* / Q000523:psychology; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014421:Turkey / Q000453:epidemiology; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology