Ftors Associated with Hopelessness: A Population Study

Haatainen, Kaisa; Tanskanen, Antti; Kylmä, Jari; Honkalampi, Kirsi; Koivumaa‐Honkanen, Heli; Hintikka, Jukka; Viinamäki, Heimo

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“…In addition, the relatively large non-response rate may have led to an underestimation of the effects of violence. it is noteworthy that the present hopelessness figures were similar to those found in community/general population samples (e.g., [29][30][31], but some of the men had high hopelessness levels, previously associated with decreased well-being in mental patients and community/general population samples (e.g., 30,31,49), not the least in Sweden (49) and Finland (30).…”

Section: Physical Health Lifestyles and Violencesupporting

confidence: 82%

“…We also addressed associations between violence, hopelessness and burnout. Hopelessness may not be uncommon in community/general population samples and has been connected to factors such as poor subjective health and health among lifetime victimized men reduced self-confidence (e.g., [29][30][31]. Victimized men may experience acts of abuse as intrusive, uncontrollable and harmful, and they may feel helpless.…”

Section: Health Among Lifetime Victimized Men Introductionmentioning

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Health among lifetime victimized men

Soares¹,

Macassa²,

Miranda³

et al. 2007

International Journal of Circumpolar Health

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Objectives. We examined differences in demographics/socio-economics, lifestyles and mental/ physical health between victimized/non-victimized men, and identified/quantified factors associated with mental/physical health. Study design. The study design was cross-sectional. Methods. The men were assessed in various areas (e.g., depression) by means of a questionnaire. Results. The univariate analyses showed that victims compared with non-victims were younger. They also had higher intermediate education levels, were more often blue-collar/low white-collar workers, were on student allowances and financially strained, smoked more, had a lower BMI, and reported headaches, depression, tension and cognitive difficulties more frequently. The regression analyses showed that financial strain rather than violence was a more important factor for illhealth. Only headaches and cognitive difficulties were associated with violence. Conclusions. Quite an number of men were in a poor physical/mental state, but there were few differences between victims/non-victims. Financial strain was determined to be a more important factor for ill-health than violence. Our data indicate that violence had little effect on men's health. Our findings do not generally support a relationship between poor health and the abuse of men.

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Section: Physical Health Lifestyles and Violencesupporting

confidence: 82%

Section: Health Among Lifetime Victimized Men Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Health among lifetime victimized men

Soares¹,

Macassa²,

Miranda³

et al. 2007

International Journal of Circumpolar Health

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“…According to Beck and Steer (1989), hopeless individuals believe that they will not be able to correct anything which is right and important for themselves, will not be able to succeed anything they endeavor to do, will never be able to attain their important goals and targets and will never be able to solve bad and negative problems. At this point, it is seen that research on hopelessness which is expressed to be a useful indicator of a low level subjective well-being (Haatainen et al, 2004) and life satisfaction were conducted on different populations. For example, studies conducted on the overall population (Haatainen et al, 2004) and hemodialysis patients (Erdem, Karabulutlu, Okanlı and Tan, 2004) and students (Gençay and Gençay, 2011;Gündoğar, Sallan-Gül, Uskun, Demirci and Keçeci, 2007;Masal, 2012;Steenwyk, Atkins, Bedics and Whitley, 2010;Tümkaya, Çelik and Aybek, 2011) have reported that hopelessness has a negatively meaningful relation with life satisfaction and is found to be a meaningful predictor of the latter and that hopelessness decreases when life satisfaction increases.…”

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“…At this point, it is seen that research on hopelessness which is expressed to be a useful indicator of a low level subjective well-being (Haatainen et al, 2004) and life satisfaction were conducted on different populations. For example, studies conducted on the overall population (Haatainen et al, 2004) and hemodialysis patients (Erdem, Karabulutlu, Okanlı and Tan, 2004) and students (Gençay and Gençay, 2011;Gündoğar, Sallan-Gül, Uskun, Demirci and Keçeci, 2007;Masal, 2012;Steenwyk, Atkins, Bedics and Whitley, 2010;Tümkaya, Çelik and Aybek, 2011) have reported that hopelessness has a negatively meaningful relation with life satisfaction and is found to be a meaningful predictor of the latter and that hopelessness decreases when life satisfaction increases. It is striking that only Tümkaya, Çelik and Aybek's (2011) study from amongst these research studies conducted on students were on high school students, whereas others were conducted on university students.…”

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The Study of Relations between Life Satisfaction, Burnout, Work Engagement and Hopelessness of High School Students

Çapri

Gündüz

Akbay

2013

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The purpose of this research is to determine the relations between high school students' life satisfaction, burnout, work engagement and hopelessness scores and examine the contribution of their burnout, work engagement and hopelessness scores in the prediction of their life satisfaction scores. The Satisfaction with Life Scale (SWLS), Maslach Burnout Inventory-Student Survey (MBI-SS), Utrecht Work Engagement Scale-Student Survey (UWES-SS), Beck Hopelessness Scale (BHS) and "Personal Information Form", has been applied on a total of 461 students, 225 (%48.8) of them being girl students and 236 (%51.2) of them being male students, who were continuing the 12th grade in varying high school classes during the 2011-2012 school year within the provincial boundaries of the Mersin Municipality and had voluntarily accepted to participate in the research. Confirmatory factor analysis (CFA), correlation analysis and multiple regression analysis have been used in the analysis of the data. It is observed as a result of the analyses that high school students' life satisfaction scores have a negative relation with exhaustion, cynicism, efficacy and hopelessness scores; on the other hand, these have a positive relation with vigor, dedication and absorption scores. Also it has been observed that life satisfaction scores only predict hopelessness, absorption and efficacy in a meaningful way.

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“…Evidence of depression, hopelessness, helplessness, worthlessness, guilt, and suicidal ideation should prompt a comprehensive evaluation. Hopelessness can be profiled as an important indicator of low subjective wellbeing in the general population and should be recognized in everyday mental health work [Haatainen et al, 2004]. Underlying reasons for hopelessness may be related to fears of painful death, poor symptom management, or feelings of abandonment [Breitbart et al, 1998].…”

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The relationship between quality of life and levels of hopelessness and depression in palliative care

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There is growing interest in the psychological distress and quality of life of cancer patients. The aim of this study was to compare the responses of 102 advanced cancer patients on a quality of life scale (as measured by the SF12) with the Beck Depression Inventory (BDI) and the Beck Hopelessness Scale (BHS), as well as the impact of depression and hopelessness on quality of life. Significant associations were found between gender (P=.027), performance status (P=.003), opioids (P=.002), depression (P<.0005), and hopelessness (P<.0005) with the SF12-Mental Component Score (MCS). Gender (P=.07), metastasis (P=.001), opioids (P=.0005), and education (P=.045) correlated significantly with SF12-Physical Component Score (PCS). In the prediction of MCS, the dimensions of age, hopelessness, gender, and performance status were statistically significantly high (P<.0005), explaining 48% of variance. For PCS, the predictor variables were education, metastasis, and opioids (25% of variance). Quality of life, in this patient population, was predicted by the level of hopelessness and patients' demographic and clinical characteristics.

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Ftors Associated with Hopelessness: A Population Study

Abstract: This study demonstrated a moderately high prevalence of hopelessness at the population level. Hopelessness appears to be an important indicator of low subjective well-being in the general population that health care personnel should pay attention to.

Cited by 65 publications

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The Study of Relations between Life Satisfaction, Burnout, Work Engagement and Hopelessness of High School Students

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