The Hopelessness Scale for Children: Psychometric properties with normal and emotionally disturbed adolescents

Spirito, Anthony; Williams, Connie A.; Stark, Lori J.; Hart, Kathleen J.

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“…The child is asked to agree or disagree with statements such as, "I want to grow up because I think things will get better." The scale has been developed using samples of children and adolescents with psychiatric disturbance, including depression [31,32], and it has demonstrated good internal consistency and construct validity [31]. Normative data are also available for healthy children [31,33].…”

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Predicting pain among children with juvenile rheumatoid arthritis

Hagglund¹,

Schopp²,

Alberts³

et al. 1995

Arthritis & Rheumatism

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Objective. Children and adolescents with juvenile rheumatoid arthritis (JRA) often report pain as a major symptom that affects their daily activities. Little is known about the factors that contribute to pain, however. Demographic, disease status, and social‐psychologic variables were used to predict pain of JRA. Methods. Participants were 37 girls and 23 boys who were 7 to 17 years old. Measures included the Hopelessness Scale for Children, the Sadness Scale from the Differential Emotions Scale—IV, and the Social Support Questionnaire‐Revised. A pain visual analogue scale served as the criterion measure. Results. Reported pain was modestly correlated with disease duration and age. A hierarchical regression indicated that the predictor variables accounted for a modest amount of variance in pain scores. Conclusions. The results suggest that the factors contributing to pain in children with JRA are different from those in adults with rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Research is needed to identify the psychologic and socioenvironmental variables that influence pain among children with JRA.

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Predicting pain among children with juvenile rheumatoid arthritis

Hagglund¹,

Schopp²,

Alberts³

et al. 1995

Arthritis & Rheumatism

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“…Kazdin et al (1986) found that the HSC correlated positively with depression (r ϭ .58) and negatively with self-esteem (r ϭ Ϫ.61) and social skills (r ϭ Ϫ.39). Adequate internal consistency has been reported with clinical samples of children and young adolescents (e.g., 5 to 13 years old; ␣ ϭ .96; Kazdin et al, 1986), as well as older adolescents, including a study in which African American youth were included in the sample (e.g., 13 to 15 years old; ␣ ϭ .84; Spirito, Williams, Stark, & Hart, 1988); however, the alpha has been lower among community samples (e.g., ␣ ϭ .69; Spirito et al, 1988). To improve the alpha in our sample, we deleted items 1 ("I want to grow up, because I think things will be better"), 6 ("Some day, I will be good at doing the things that I really care about"), and 11 ("When I grow up, I think I will be happier than I am now") in the total hopelessness score.…”

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Neighborhood context and adjustment in African American youths from single mother homes: The intervening role of hopelessness.

González

Jones

Kincaid

et al. 2012

Cultural Diversity & Ethnic Minority Psychology

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African American youths from single mother homes are more likely to live in neighborhoods characterized by greater risk and fewer resources than youth from two parent homes or European American youths; in turn, such adverse conditions are associated with increased adjustment problems. Despite this well-established vulnerability, relatively little is known about variables linking neighborhood context to youth adjustment. With the aim of identifying a potential youth-focused intervening variable amenable to intervention, this study examined the intervening role of hopelessness in the association between neighborhood context and adjustment problems in a sample of 171 African American youths (11-16 year olds) from single mother homes. Findings revealed direct associations between neighborhood context and youth adjustment, as well as indirect associations through youth hopelessness, although findings varied by the marker of neighborhood context (sense of community or perceived crime) and adjustment (internalizing or externalizing problems). Building on prior work noting that hopelessness is amenable to psychosocial intervention, the present findings suggest that hopelessness may afford a valuable target for prevention and intervention programming among African American youths from single mother homes in the context of adverse neighborhood conditions.

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“…A total sum is computed (with reverse coding where appropriate) to generate an overall score of hopelessness symptoms (α = .90 in this sample). Adequate internal consistency and validity have been demonstrated with adolescents (Spirito, Williams, Stark, & Hart, 1988). …”

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Longitudinal trajectories and predictors of adolescent suicidal ideation and attempts following inpatient hospitalization.

Prinstein¹,

Nock²,

Simon³

et al. 2008

Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology

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Remarkably little is known regarding the temporal course of adolescent suicidal ideation and behavior, the prediction of suicidal attempts from changes in suicidal ideation, or the prediction of suicidal attempts after accounting for suicidal ideation as a predictor. A sample of 143 adolescents 12-15 years old was assessed during psychiatric inpatient hospitalization and again at 3, 6, 9, 15, and 18 months postdischarge through a series of structured interviews and parent-and adolescentreported instruments. Symptoms of depression, posttraumatic stress disorder, externalizing psychopathology, hopelessness, and engagement in several forms of self-injurious/suicidal behaviors (i.e., suicide threats/gestures, plans, nonsuicidal self-injury [NSSI]) were assessed. Latent growth curve analyses revealed a period of suicidal ideation remission between baseline and 6 months following discharge, as well as a subtle period of suicidal ideation reemergence between 9 and 18 months postdischarge. Changes in suicidal ideation predicted suicide attempts. After accounting for the effects of suicidal ideation, baseline suicide threats/gestures also predicted future suicide attempts. Higher adolescent-reported depressive symptoms, lower parentreported externalizing symptoms, and higher frequencies of NSSI predicted weaker suicidal ideation remission slopes. Findings underscore the need for more longitudinal research on the course of adolescent suicidality. NIH-PA Author ManuscriptNIH-PA Author Manuscript NIH-PA Author ManuscriptRecent data indicate that suicidal ideation, attempts, and completed suicide continue to occur at alarming rates, especially among youth (Kessler, Berglund, Borges, Nock, & Wang, 2005; World Health Organization [WHO], 2005). In addition, epidemiological data suggest that the transition to adolescence represents a critical developmental vulnerability period for increased suicidal behavior. For instance, in the United States, suicide currently is the third leading cause of adolescent death, and the rate increases sixfold during the transition from childhood to adolescence (from 1.3 to 8.6 per 100,000; Centers for Disease Control and Prevention [CDC], 2006). This developmental period also brings a dramatic increase in the occurrence of the immediate precursors to suicide death, including suicidal ideation, plans, and attempts (e.g., Kessler, Borges, & Walters, 1999). National data from community-based samples of high school students indicate high rates of 12-month suicidal ideation (16.9%), suicide plans (13.0%), suicide attempts (8.4%), and suicide attempts requiring medical treatment (2.3%; CDC, 2006) by adolescence. For these reasons, the study of suicidal behaviors at the transition stage to adolescence is of especially high priority (U.S. Department of Health and Human Services [HHS], 2000[HHS], , 2001; U.S. Public Health Service, 1999; WHO, 2005).Yet data bearing on some fundamental aspects of adolescent suicidal behavior are surprisingly unavailable. This is due in large part to the existence ...

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The Hopelessness Scale for Children: Psychometric properties with normal and emotionally disturbed adolescents

Cited by 122 publications

References 25 publications

Predicting pain among children with juvenile rheumatoid arthritis

Predicting pain among children with juvenile rheumatoid arthritis

Neighborhood context and adjustment in African American youths from single mother homes: The intervening role of hopelessness.

Longitudinal trajectories and predictors of adolescent suicidal ideation and attempts following inpatient hospitalization.

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