Research article summary (published 29 Nov 2008):

The internal consistency and concurrent validity of the Hopelessness, Helplessness, and Haplessness Scale in a Turkish clinical sample.

Full Abstract

The aim of this study was to estimate the concurrent validity of the Hopelessness, Helplessness, and Haplessness Scale developed by Lester (1998). Data were obtained from 75 psychiatric patients. Cronbach alphas ranged from .67 to .90. Scores on the scales were associated with Beck, Weissman, Lester, and Trexler's measure of hopelessness, with the correlation strongest for the new hopelessness scale.

Author information

Author/s: Vatan, Sevginar (S); Lester, David (D);

Affiliation: Psychology Department, Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey 06531. svatan(-atsign-)hacettepe.edu.tr

Journal and publication information

Publication Type: Comment; Comparative Study; Journal Article; Validation Studies

Journal: Psychological reports (Psychol Rep), published in United States. (Language: eng)

Reference: 2008-Dec; vol 103 (issue 3) : pp 701-2

Dates: Created 2009/03/26; Completed 2009/05/11;

PMID: 19320202, status: MEDLINE (last retrieval date: 5/11/2009, IMS Date: )

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Comments and Corrections

CommentOn: Omega (Westport). 2007;55(4):321-4. (PMID: 18027646)

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Adult Cross-Cultural Comparison Culture Female Helplessness, Learned Humans Internal-External Control Male

Male Mental Disorders - diagnosis; ethnology; psychology Middle Aged Motivation Personality Inventory - statistics & numerical data Psychometrics - statistics & numerical data Reproducibility of Results Turkey

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