Further Insights Into the Beck Hopelessness Scale (BHS): Unidimensionality Among Psychiatric Inpatients

Further Insights Into the Beck Hopelessness Scale (BHS): Unidimensionality Among Psychiatric Inpatients

Short versions of the Beck Hopelessness Scale have all been created according the Classical Test Theory, but the use and the application of this theory has been repeatedly criticized. In the current study, the Item Response Theory approach was employed to refine and shorten the BHS in order to build...

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Main Authors: Michela Balsamo, Leonardo Carlucci, Marco Innamorati, David Lester, Maurizio Pompili
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2020-07-01
Series:Frontiers in Psychiatry
Subjects:
hopelessness
inpatients
depression
Mokken analysis
unidimensionality
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fpsyt.2020.00727/full

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