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Peer reviewedWehmeyer, Michael L.; Palmer, Susan B. – Educational and Psychological Measurement, 1998
The psychometric properties of the Hopelessness Scale for Children (A. Kazdin et al., 1983) were examined for children and adolescents with mental retardation or a learning disability. Analyses of scores from 261 students shows a factor structure almost identical to the original structure and scale scores of adequate validity. (SLD)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Children, Cognitive Ability, Construct Validity
Peer reviewedSteed, Lyndall – Educational and Psychological Measurement, 2001
Examined the psychometric properties of the Beck Hopelessness Scale (A. Beck and others, 1974) among 544 university students. Results show satisfactory internal consistency of scores, but factor analysis suggested four factors that were largely uninterpretable. Results of a convergent validity study indicate that there are more appropriate…
Descriptors: College Students, Factor Analysis, Factor Structure, Higher Education
