title: Beck Hopelessness Scale: Psychometric Properties Among Rural Chinese Suicide Attempters and Non-Attempters.
abstract: The authors recruited 401 suicide attempters from general hospitals and 409 matched non-attempters to evaluate the psychometric properties of the Beck Hopelessness Scale (BHS) in rural China. All participants completed the BHS, Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale (CES-D), and Trait Anxiety Inventory (TAI). Suicide attempters had higher BHS scores than non-attempters. Cronbach's alpha coefficients were satisfactory and BHS scores significantly correlated to CES-D and TAI scores. Confirmatory factor analysis supported a four-factor model for suicide attempters and a five-factor model for non-attempters. The BHS is satisfactory in assessing hopelessness among suicide attempters in rural China.
authors: a Department of Epidemiology and Health Statistics , Shandong University School of Public Health , Jinan , China.
authors: Wen-Chao
authors: WC
authors: Zhang
authors: Cun-Xian
authors: CX
authors: Jia
authors: Xia
authors: X
authors: Hu
authors: Hui-Min
authors: HM
authors: Qiu
authors: Xian-Chen
authors: XC
authors: Liu
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001007:Anxiety / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D002681:China; D003863:Depression / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology; D005260:Female; D065026:Hope; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011569:Psychiatric Status Rating Scales; D011594:Psychometrics; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012424:Rural Population; D013406:Suicide, Attempted / Q000523:psychology*