1. When they complete the scale you would add up the score for each of the first 19 questions by counting the number to the right of each question you marked. Items 20 and 21 are not part of the total scale score. They are provided to help gather additional clinical information for the therapist. The manual contains general cutoff.
2. Factor structure of the Beck hopelessness scale in individuals with tions where time is limited. However, in this study, the numbers advanced cancer. Psycho-Oncology, 19(3), 255–263. Of people scoring highly on the SBHS and BDI were small, but the Pompili, M., & Tatarelli, R.

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Short versions of the Beck Hopelessness Scale have all been created according the Classical Test Theory, but the use and the application of this theory has been repeatedly criticized. In the current study, the Item Response Theory approach was employed to refine and shorten the BHS in order to build a reasonably coherent unidimensional scale whose items/symptoms can be treated as ordinal. Beck Institute for Cognitive Behavior Therapy One Belmont Avenue, Suite 700 Bala Cynwyd, PA Tel: 610-664-3020; Fax: 610-709-5336 Email: info@beckinstitute.org; Website: www.beckinstitute.org ©1980 by J.

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• Self-report version of the interviewer-administered SSI
• To be administered in addition to the Beck Hopelessness Scale (BHS) and the Beck Depression Inventory (BDI-II) when there is any potential suicidal intent

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Beck AT, and Steer RA (1991). Manual for Beck Scale for Suicide Ideation. San Antonio, TX: Psychological Corporation.

Beck AT, Steer RA. Beck Scale for Suicide Ideation (BSS). Bloomington: Pearson; 1993

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The Beck Hopelessness Scale (BHS) is a 20-item self-report inventory developed by Dr. Aaron T. Beck that was designed to measure three major aspects of hopelessness; feelings about the future, loss of motivation, and expectations. ^[1] The test is designed for adults, age 17-80.The cut-offs used are 0–3 = normal; 4–8 = mild; 9–14 = moderate and 14 + = severe.

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The BHS moderately correlates with the Beck Depression Inventory, although research shows that the BDI is better suited for predicting suicidal ideation behavior.^[2] The internal reliability coefficients are reasonably high (Pearson r= .82 to .93 in seven norm groups), but the BHS test-retest reliability coefficients are modest (.69 after one week and .66 after six weeks).^[1]

Dowd ^[3] and Owen^[4]both positively reviewed the effectiveness of the instrument, with Dowd concluding that the BHS was 'a well-constructed and validated instrument, with adequate reliability.' ^[3]

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1. ↑ ^1.01.1Beck A.T. (1988). 'Beck Hopelessness Scale.' The Psychological Corporation.
2. ↑Aiken, L.R. (2002) 'Psychological Testing and Assessment.' New York: Allyn & Bacon.
3. ↑ ^3.03.1Dowd, E.T. (1992). 'Review of the Beck Hopelessness Scale.' Eleventh Mental Measurement Yearbook, 81-82
4. ↑Owen, S.V. (1992) 'Review of the Beck Hopelessness Scale.' Eleventh Mental Measurement Yearbook, 82-83

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• Beck, A. T., Weissman, A., Lester, D., and Trexler, L. The measurement of pessimism: The Hopelessness Scale. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 1974, 42, 861-865.
• Beck A, Weissman A, Lester D, et al. Beck Hopelessness Scale (BHS). In: American Psychiatric Association, eds. Handbook of psychiatric measures. Washington, DC: American Psychiatric Association, 2000:268–270.

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