The State–Trait Hopelessness Scale

Dunn, Susan L.; Olamijulo, Grace; Fuglseth, Heather L.; Holden, Theresa P.; Swieringa, Lien L.; Sit, Michael; Rieth, Nicole P.; Tintle, Nathan L.

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“…If hopelessness is an enduring trait, measures of hopelessness would be expected to have high test–retest reliability. A measure that does address the state versus trait distinction, the State-Trait Hopelessness Scale, has reported retest correlations of state and trait hopelessness over a 6-week interval (state 0.65, trait 0.74) and over a 6-month interval (state 0.61, trait 0.78) in hospitalised patients with coronary heart disease 28. Again, the sizes of these retest correlations are not dissimilar to those seen in the brief measures reported in our study after a 2-week interval.…”

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Identifying hopelessness in population research: a validation study of two brief measures of hopelessness

et al. 2014

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ObjectiveHopelessness is an important construct in psychosocial epidemiology, but there is great pressure on the length of questionnaire measures in large-scale population and clinical studies. We examined the validity and test–retest reliability of two brief measures of hopelessness, an existing negatively worded two-item measure of hopelessness (Brief-H-Neg) and a positively worded version of the same instrument (Brief-H-Pos).DesignCohort study.SettingControl arm of the UK Collaborative Trial of Ovarian Cancer Screening.ParticipantsA non-clinical research-based sample of 5000 postmenopausal women selected from 56 512 participants.Primary and secondary outcome measuresSpearman's rank correlation of brief measures of hopelessness with the Beck Hopelessness Scale (BHS). Spearman's rank correlation with the Centre for Epidemiological Studies Depression Scale (CES-D) and change in mean score on repeat testing.MethodsTwo short hopelessness measures, a negatively worded brief measure of hopelessness (Brief-H-Neg) and a positively worded brief measure of hopelessness (Brief-H-Pos), were administered by postal questionnaire to 5000 women together with the 20-item BHS and 20-item CES-D. The Brief-H-Neg and Brief-H-Pos were readministered to 500 women after a 2-week interval.Results2413 postmenopausal women (mean age 68.9 years) completed the questionnaire. The Brief-H-Neg and Brief-H-Pos correlated 0.93 and 0.87 with the BHS after correction for attenuation and their association with the CES-D mirrored that seen with the BHS (Spearman's rank correlation 0.88 and 0.68, respectively). There was no change in mean scores on the two measures with repeat testing in the 433 women who completed them and test–retest reliability was good (intraclass correlations Brief-H-Neg 0.67 and Brief-H-Pos 0.72).ConclusionsThese findings provide support for the validity of the Brief-H-Neg and Brief-H-Pos. These brief measures are likely to be useful in large population studies assessing hopelessness.Trial registration numberNCT00058032.

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Identifying hopelessness in population research: a validation study of two brief measures of hopelessness

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“…9 Reliability and validity of the STHS are established in patients with CHD. 28 Earlier factor analysis identified a state hopelessness factor (6 of 10 state items) and a trait hopelessness factor (8 of 13 trait items). 28 For this study, only hopelessness factor items (6 state and 8 trait items) were analyzed because the aim was to determine differences in hopelessness between exercise groups.…”

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“…28 Earlier factor analysis identified a state hopelessness factor (6 of 10 state items) and a trait hopelessness factor (8 of 13 trait items). 28 For this study, only hopelessness factor items (6 state and 8 trait items) were analyzed because the aim was to determine differences in hopelessness between exercise groups. Adding the item scores and dividing by the number of items provides a total score for each factor.…”

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Impact of Home- and Hospital-Based Exercise in Cardiac Rehabilitation on Hopelessness in Patients With Coronary Heart Disease

Dunn

Rieth

et al. 2017

Journal of Cardiopulmonary Rehabilitation and Prevention

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Exercise may be effective in reducing moderate to severe hopelessness in patients with CHD. Moderate to severe baseline state hopelessness was a predictor of attrition in this cohort, especially for home exercisers, but this was mediated in hospital-based programs. Further research is needed to determine how hopeless individuals can be encouraged to exercise and whether home- or a hospital-based CR exercise is superior in impacting hopelessness.

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“…Many of the cardiac patients suffer from hopelessness (Dunn et al, 2014;Kohlmann et al, 2016), which is an established risk factor of suicidal behaviour (Beck, Kovacs, & Weissman, 1975;Wenzel & Beck, 2008;Wetzel, 1976). In addition, patients described feeling responsible for overcoming depression themselves (Alderson, Foy, Glidewell, & House, 2014).…”

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Suicidal ideation in patients with coronary heart disease and hypertension: Baseline results from the DEPSCREEN‐INFO clinical trial

Lehmann

Kohlmann

Gierk

et al. 2018

Clin Psychology and Psychoth

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The State–Trait Hopelessness Scale

Cited by 41 publications

References 31 publications

Identifying hopelessness in population research: a validation study of two brief measures of hopelessness

Identifying hopelessness in population research: a validation study of two brief measures of hopelessness

Impact of Home- and Hospital-Based Exercise in Cardiac Rehabilitation on Hopelessness in Patients With Coronary Heart Disease

Suicidal ideation in patients with coronary heart disease and hypertension: Baseline results from the DEPSCREEN‐INFO clinical trial

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