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The Hopelessness Scale for Children

Publication Year1983
Respondent TypeStudent
Grade or AgeElementary and Middle School

Purpose

Measures children's future negative expectations

Keywords

depression, hopelessness, negative future expectation

Contact

Alan E. Kazdin
alan.kazdin@yale.edu/ (203) 432-4545

Evidence and Research

Kazdin, Rodgers, and Colbus, 1986; DuRant et al., 1994; Thurber et al., 1996; Wehmeyer and Palmer, 1998