Dissertations / Theses: 'Hopelessness'

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Rabon, Jessica Kelliher, and Jameson K. Hirsch. "Beck Hopelessness Inventory." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2017. https://dc.etsu.edu/etsu-works/5491.

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Sawatzky, Dana Lynn. "Hopelessness in the social domain social hopelessness, depressive predictive certainty, stress, and depression /." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 1998. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk3/ftp04/nq27321.pdf.

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Wisneski, Patrice. "Hopelessness in adolescent alcohol abusers." Online version, 2000. http://www.uwstout.edu/lib/thesis/2000/2000wisneskip.pdf.

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White, R. G. "Understanding hopelessness and depression in schizophrenia." Thesis, Queen's University Belfast, 2004. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.398213.

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Hemphill, Jean Croce. "Hopelessness and Homelessness: A Woman's Perspective." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 1994. https://dc.etsu.edu/etsu-works/7595.

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Laffe, Stacia A. "Eating pathology in relationship to hopelessness." Online version, 2001. http://www.uwstout.edu/lib/thesis/2001/2001laffes.pdf.

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Ögren, Erik. "Hopelessness in Video Games : Motivating the player." Thesis, Uppsala universitet, Institutionen för speldesign, 2020. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-411097.

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This bachelor thesis details the study and analysis of hopelessness, motivation, and personality types concerning game design. It offers definitions for hopelessness based on previous studies and explains what makes people experience hopelessness in games. The thesis compares previously conducted studies on hopelessness and motivation, confirms their validity, and applies the conclusion to theories of game design, such as MDA.

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McKenney, Jackie. "Hopelessness and temperament of youth in residential treatment." Online version, 2000. http://www.uwstout.edu/lib/thesis/2000/2000mckenneyj.pdf.

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Kent, Cinthia Polanco. "Alcohol abuse and hopelessness scores in young adults." Online version, 2001. http://www.uwstout.edu/lib/thesis/2001/2001kentc.pdf.

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Demetropoulos, Janie. "Hopelessness and Youth Violent Behavior: A Longitudinal Study." BYU ScholarsArchive, 2017. https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/etd/6822.

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This study examines how hopelessness impacts youth engagement in violent behavior over time. The data are from waves I and II of The National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health (Add Health). Poisson regression was used to analyze contributors to violence in just wave I, and then again across time in wave II using explanatory and control variables from wave I. Results indicate that hopelessness is positively associated with violent behavior. Furthermore, while hopelessness and most of the other explanatory variables predicted violent behavior in wave I, almost all the variables became non-significant or negative except hopelessness and a measure of community when predicting violence in wave II. This shows that hopelessness is a concept that needs to be explored more closely when studying violence among youth.

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Bowie, Angela J. "Investigating social relationships, depression and hopelessness in older people." Thesis, University of Edinburgh, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/1842/25319.

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The aim of this study was to investigate differences between two groups in relation to level of hopelessness, perceived social support, size of social networks and social relationships, in particular marital relationships. The investigator was interested in how an individual’s functioning may impact on his or her social relationships and the effect of marital status on levels of depression and hopelessness. A cross-sectional between groups design was utilised. Older people with a diagnosis of depression (aged 65 and over) were compared to a community control group of older people (aged 65 and over) who were not depressed. All participants completed questionnaires measuring mood, level of hopelessness, perceived social support and demographic variables such as marital status and size of social network. The main result was that older people who were depressed were satisfied with their level of social support. Group comparisons revealed that there was no difference in perceived social support despite older people who were not depressed having significantly larger social networks. However, higher levels of hopelessness were found in individuals who were not currently in a marital relationship. This finding has implications for clinicians working with older people with mental health difficulties. Interpreted using a life-span perspective, the results suggest that older people may adapt to the ageing process by focusing on social support from a smaller set of ties which includes family and close friends. This highlights the complexity and multifaceted nature of social relationships as people grow older, regardless of whether they have or have not mental health difficulties. The study showed that levels of hopelessness were present in participants who were not depressed and the importance of social relationships for well-being in later life.

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Davidson, Lisa A. "Social hopelessness and psychological adjustment in stressful life situations." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 1997. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk3/ftp04/nq22905.pdf.

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Gray, Lorna. "The role of self-regulation in parasuicide & hopelessness." Thesis, University of Strathclyde, 2004. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.401537.

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Melly, Sara. "Time perception in relation to depressed mood and hopelessness." Thesis, University of Southampton, 2002. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.396190.

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Fisher, Lauren B. "Positive Cognitions and their Role in Depression, Hopelessness, and Suicidal Ideation." Cleveland, Ohio : Case Western Reserve University, 2010. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=case1258156356.

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Thesis(M.A.)--Case Western Reserve University, 2010
Title from PDF (viewed on 2010-01-28) Department of Psychology Includes abstract Includes bibliographical references and appendices Available online via the OhioLINK ETD Center

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Ip, Yee-ting. "The role of hope in buffering hopelessness and suicide ideation." Click to view the E-thesis via HKUTO, 2007. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record/B38572126.

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Jackson, Patrick Earl. "This side of despair : forms of hopelessness in modern poetry /." view abstract or download file of text, 2007. http://proquest.umi.com/pqdweb?did=1421604231&sid=1&Fmt=2&clientId=11238&RQT=309&VName=PQD.

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Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Oregon, 2007.
Typescript. Includes vita and abstract. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 333-340). Also available for download via the World Wide Web; free to University of Oregon users.

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Cunningham, Shaylyn, and University of Lethbridge Faculty of Education. "Anxiety, depression and hopelessness in adolescents : a structural equation model." Thesis, Lethbridge, Alta. : University of Lethbridge, Faculty of Education, 2005, 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/10133/344.

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This study tested a structural model, examining the relationship between a latent variable termed demoralization and measured variables (anxiety, depression and hopelessness) in a community sample of Canadian youth. The combined sample consisted of data collected from four independent studies from 2001 to 2005. Nine hundred and seventy one (n=971) participants in each of the previous four studies were high school students (grades 10-12) from three geographic locations: Calgary, Saskatchewan and Lethbridge. Participants completed a battery of self-report questionnaires including the Beck Anxiety Inventory (BAI), Beck Depression Inventory-Revised (BDI-II), Beck Hopelessness Scale (BHS), and demographic survey. Structural equation modeling was used for statistical analysis. The analysis revealed that the final model, including depression, anxiety and hopelessness and one latent variable demoralization, fit the data (chi-square value, X2 (2) =7.24, p<. 001, goodness of fit indices (CFI=0.99, NFI=0.98) and standardized error (0.05). Overall, the findings suggest that close relationships exist among depression, anxiety, hopelessness and demoralization. In addition, the model was stable across demographic variables: sex, grade, and location. Further, the model explains the relationship between sub-clinical anxiety, depression and hopelessness. These findings contribute to a theoretical framework, which has implications with educational and clinical interventions. The present findings will help guide further preventative research in examining demoralization as a precursor to sub-clinical anxiety and depression.
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Ip, Yee-ting, and 葉以霆. "The role of hope in buffering hopelessness and suicide ideation." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2007. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B38572126.

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Peak, Nicole Juszczak. "Depression, hopelessness, and perceived burden: Suicidal tendencies in depressed patients." Case Western Reserve University School of Graduate Studies / OhioLINK, 2010. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=case1279589171.

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Rajkowska-Dulnik, Agata. "Responsibility for others, hopelessness, and alcohol abuse among Polish immigrants /." Click for abstract, 1997. http://library.ctstateu.edu/ccsu%5Ftheses/1503.html.

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Thesis (M.A.)--Central Connecticut State University, 1997.
Thesis advisor: Carol Shaw Austad. " ... in partial fulfillment of the requirements of the degree of Masters of Arts in Psychology. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 34-36).

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Cramer, Charles W. "Alcohol abuse and hopelessness in young adults a replication study /." Online version, 2002. http://www.uwstout.edu/lib/thesis/2002/2002cramerc.pdf.

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Prysor-Jones, John. "Hope springs internal : counsellors' experiences of hope in the counselling relationship." Thesis, University of Manchester, 2016. https://www.research.manchester.ac.uk/portal/en/theses/hope-springs-internal-counsellors-experiences-of-hope-in-the-counselling-relationship(16c83830-46f3-4915-a67b-2a8c385a843e).html.

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The purpose of this research was to explore counsellors' experiences of hope in the counselling relationship in a number of counselling contexts, early in the twenty-first century in the United Kingdom. This research takes place against the background of considerable changes in mental health policy affecting counselling in both England and Wales. The wider political, social-cultural and economic context was marked by recession and uncertainty. A lack of research into counsellors' experiences of hope in the UK context was identified. A phenomenological perspective was taken as appropriate for exploring human experience with a social constructionist approach to the creation of knowledge complementing realist ontology with a pragmatic under pinning. Semi-structured interviews were conducted individually with seven participants chosen using purposive and convenience sampling in both England and Wales from within professional networks and a variety of counselling settings. The transcribed data was analysed using Thematic Analysis and identified themes evidenced with quotations from the data. The main findings were in the context of hope identified as a common human experience. Participants' found difficulty in accessing their experiences of hope and it was found to be an intermittent and liminal experience varying in intensity and part of a meaning making process. Characteristics of this liminality were found to be placing participants at the limit of what they knew, living with uncertainty and waiting for new knowledge to emerge. This created vulnerability for some participants. Hope was also found to be an embodied relational experience within counsellors which they also saw in their clients. Implications of the findings suggested that counsellors could more actively cultivate awareness of their own hope as a resource for clients within an understanding of counselling as a social and liminal process. It is recommended that professional training and Continuing Professional Development workshops provide opportunities for exploring hope in the context of liminality. Future research opportunities include encouraging counsellors to use case study method to explore their own experiences of hope in counselling relationships and that of clients. These findings are presented as specific to this context and not as general truths.

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Chan, Ching-yee Aris. "Homicide followed by suicide in Hong Kong : a "hopelessness" theory approach /." Click to view the E-thesis via HKUTO, 2004. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/HKUTO/record/B38628715.

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Mansfield, Jodi L. "Disordered eating : assessing the relevance of the hopelessness theory of depression /." Adelaide, 1997. http://web4.library.adelaide.edu.au/theses/09ARPS/09arpsm287.pdf.

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Chan, Ching-yee Aris, and 陳靜宜. "Homicide followed by suicide in Hong Kong: a "hopelessness" theory approach." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2004. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B38628715.

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Schneider, Julia. "Hope and Hopelessness in Environmental Discourse - Planetary Boundaries contra Ecological Modernisation." Thesis, Malmö universitet, Fakulteten för kultur och samhälle (KS), 2018. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:mau:diva-23964.

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Med sin grund i klimatutmaningen och en utbredd klimatångest, försöker den här uppsatsen förstå hoppfullhet i miljödiskursen genom en socialkonstruktivistisk lins. En diskursanalys har genomförts av tre videokällor med talare som på olika sätt agerar som röster för miljörörelsen. Materialet som har analyserats i det här arbetet är ett TED-talk, ett tal från Climate Innovation Summit 2016 och ett avsnitt av det svenska tv-programmet Idévärlden. Syftet med studien har varit att undersöka hur en medvetenhet av begreppet Planetens hållbara gränser påverkar hoppfullhet och hopplöshet inom miljödiskursen. Resultatet visade att de flesta talarna tog del av en hoppfull diskurs med en viss tilltro till ekologisk modernisering och att en medvetenhet om Planetens hållbara gränser kan påverka hoppfullhet och hopplöshet på olika sätt. Studien är viktig för att en förståelse för miljödiskursen är ett steg mot att öka miljömedvetet beteende och minska klimatångest i en tid då vi behöver agera mot klimatförändringarna. Studien ger en genomgång av tidigare forskning samt en översiktlig historisk presentation av miljödiskursen och avslutar sedan med reflektion av det egna arbetet och förslag för fortsatta studier.
In light of the climate challenge and widespread climate anxiety, this thesis seeks to understand hope in the environmental discourse through a lense of social constructivism. A discourse analysis has been conducted of three video sources, with speakers who in different ways are voices for the environmental movement. The material investigated in this study is a TED talk, a speech from Climate Innovation Summit 2016 and an episode from the swedish tv-show Idévärlden (eng. The Idea World). The purpose of the study has been to investigate how an awareness of the concept of Planetary Boundaries affects hope and hopelessness within the environmental discourse. It was found that most speakers are part of a hopeful discourse with a belief in ecological modernisation and that an awareness of the concept of planetary boundaries can affect hopefulness or hopelessness in different ways. This is of importance because understanding the environmental discourse is a step towards pro-environmental behaviour and decreasing climate anxiety in a time when we need to take action against climate change. The thesis gives a review of previous research in the field as well as a brief historical presentation of the environmental discourse.

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Harley, Dana Michelle. "Perceptions of Hope and Hopelessness Among Low-Income African American Adolescents." The Ohio State University, 2011. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1313009132.

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Hamilton, Kelli. "Pregnancy and its relationship to the level of hopelessness in teens." Online version, 1998. http://www.uwstout.edu/lib/thesis/1998/1998hamiltonk.pdf.

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Oftedahl, Linda. "Hopelessness and hours of services received by elderly and disabled clients." Online version, 2001. http://www.uwstout.edu/lib/thesis/2001/2001oftedahll.pdf.

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Kennedy, Shorrelle Sheri. "Homelessness Status Among Female Veterans: Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, Depression, and Hopelessness." ScholarWorks, 2019. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/7814.

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Homelessness among female veterans is a problem that is likely to increase as growing numbers of women in the United States military reestablish themselves into their communities as veterans. The purpose of this quantitavie quasi-experimental study was to determine whether there are differences in posttraumatic stress (PTSD), depression, and hopelessness in homeless versus nonhomeless female veterans who have experienced at least 1 U.S. military deployment. Four theories served as the basis for this research: the cognitive theory of depression, conditioning theory, ecological theory, and the hopelessness of depression theory. The data were collected from 88 female veterans who were deployed at least once. The variables were assessed using the Posttraumatic Checklist–Military Version posttraumatic stress disorder total score,theBeck Depression Inventory-II, total score and, the Beck Hopelessness Scale total score. The 1-way MANOVA findings indicated that there was a statistically significant difference between homeless and nonhomeless female veterans who experienced PTSD and depression but not hopelessness. This research will better serve the VA, clinicians, and communities to assist providing for the psychological and mental health needs required by these soldiers. The research findings may contribute to the provision of permanent and supportive housing for female veterans reintegrating back into civilian life.

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Coulthard, Jamie. "Hopelessness: Causes of, and a Dialogical Sequence Analysis of Recovery in Therapy." Thesis, University of Sheffield, 2006. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.485120.

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Objectives: To review the literature around causes of hopelessness, explore the interaction between hope and the therapeutic relationship, and critically appraise the process. Literature review: Recent articles in PsychINFO with 'hopelessness' in the title were summarised. Feeling out ofcontrol, thinking negatively and being perfectionist are risk factors for hopelessness. Conversely, being motivated, tackling problems and engaging in purposeful action are protective factors. Repeated negative experiences inhibit people from tackling problems, making hopelessness more likely. Conversely, positive experiences and life opportunities promote hope. Thus, high levels ofhopelessness are seen in impoverished and disenfranchised communities. Dialogical sequence analvsis: Therapy transcripts were analysed using dialogical sequence analysis to compare therapists' therapeutic relationships with clients who regained hope over the first four sessions oftherapy, (responders) and who did not (nonresponders). Participants were drawn from a previous studys in which depressed clients referred for therapy agreed for their sessions to be recorded. The two therapists whose clients had the most extreme range ofresponders and non-responders were identified, and those 4 clients' transcripts were analysed. With the responders both therapists were .more confident, more optimistic, made more use ofthe therapeutic relationship, and took more risks. A transactional model oftherapeutic hope was proposed: a therapist's optimism about outcome results from balancing hislher own sense of competence against an evaluation ofthe client's entrenchment. Optimism appeared to enable more effective ways ofworking. Critical appraisal: A personal reflection upon the research process.

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Lindvall, Johan. "The Road to Despair : Hope and hopelessness in the post-apocalyptic setting." Thesis, Linnéuniversitetet, Institutionen för språk och litteratur, SOL, 2011. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:lnu:diva-12947.

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This essay deals with the attitude relating to the portrayal of hopelessness in The Road, by Cormac McCarthy (2006), and to the post-apocalyptic setting in general. Considering how the seemingly meaningless events portrayed in The Road can be related to the traditional Christian apocalypse, and whether it upholds or discards the values found therein is examined in the essay. Furthermore, after a lengthy analysis of how hope may not be so absent as one might believe at first glance when introduced to such a grim setting, the specificity of the place of The Road and its setting in the post-apocalyptic genre becomes the final part of the essay.

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Bromhead, David, and n/a. "Gender role orientation, stress, coping and hopelessness in a normal adolescent population." University of Canberra. Teacher Education, 1997. http://erl.canberra.edu.au./public/adt-AUC20060613.142101.

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Many risk factors have been put forward to account for the significant increase in adolescent male suicide over the last 20 years, and the pronounced sex difference in suicide statistics. In particular, hopelessness has been shown to be a strong indicator of suicidality. This study investigated the relationship of gender role, stress, and coping to hopelessness in a normal adolescent population. It was hypothesized that stress, coping and a masculine gender role would contribute to hopelessness. 288 adolescent students between the ages of 15 and 18 were surveyed using the Adolescent Stress Scale, the Beck Hopelessness Scale, the Australian Sex Role Scale, and the Adolescent Coping Scale. Contrary to expectation, having a masculine gender role was not related to hopelessness; students with an undifferentiated gender role had higher levels of hopelessness than androgynous, masculine, and feminine students. However, the majority of students who had an undifferentiated gender role were male. Hopelessness was also associated with high levels of stress and the use of avoidance coping strategies. The results are discussed within the transactional stress model and the stress-diathesis model.

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Grinberg, Daisy I. "Depression, hopelessness, and global self-worth in a non-clinical child sample." Thesis, McGill University, 1996. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=35233.

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The relationship between hopelessness and depression in a non-clinical sample of children (mean age = 10.75 years) was examined. A systematic comparison of three models of the role of hopelessness and global self-worth in childhood depression was conducted. The Children's Depression Inventory (Kovacs, 1983), the Self-Perception Profile for Students with Learning Disabilities (Renick & Harter, 1988), and the Hopelessness Scale for Children (Kazdin, French, Unis, Esveldt-Dawson, & Sherick, 1983) were administered. Results suggest that depressed children are hopeless but that hopeless children are not necessarily depressed; global self-worth and hopelessness are highly overlapping constructs; and no gender differences are present in childhood hopelessness. Results are interpreted with reference to the theoretical implications regarding the relative support of a new theory of depression and hopelessness, versus Greene's (1989) theory of the independence of hopelessness and depression as constructs, Beck's (1967) cognitive triad theory, and Haaga, Dyck, and Ernst's(1991) single dimension model of depression.

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Rance, J. Y. "Emotional reactions to negative life events : testing the hopelessness theory of depression." Thesis, Swansea University, 1999. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.638615.

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The hopelessness theory of depression (Abramson et al. 1989) considers hopelessness to be a subtype of depression. A causal chain is proposed which starts with the perceived occurrence of a negative life event, at which point inferences can be made about (i) why the event occurred, (ii) its consequences and (iii) characteristics about the self. In particular, the hopelessness theory predicts that: (a) each cognitive diathesis will interact with subsequent stress to produce symptoms of hopelessness depression (diathesis x stress component); (b) each causal factor in the model still contribute to the next in a proximal direction (causal mediation component). This thesis presents four studies examining the main predictions of hopelessness theory. Studies 1 and 2 utilised student samples (n=100) and cross-sectional designs. In Study 1, the role of the three sets of inferences was examined using hypothetical events. Some support was found for both the diathesis x stress and the causal mediation components. In Study 2 inferences for real events were considered. The results provided minimal support for the diathesis x stress component, and no support for the causal mediation component. In Study 3, the main predictions were tested more fully using prospective measurement in a 5-week follow-up of students (n=100). The diathesis x stress component was not supported and the causal mediation component received only partial support. In Study 4 the utility of the hopelessness theory in predicting post-natal depression was examined among a sample of primiparous women (n=172). Measures were taken during the third trimester of pregnancy, and at 4 and 12 weeks postpartum. Little evidence was found to support the diathesis x stress component. However, considerable support was found for the causal mediation component. Overall, the four studies produced contradictory evidence for the hopelessness theory. Implications for future research on the hopelessness theory of depression are discussed.

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Farquharson, Anja B. "The effect of hopelessness on students engaged in pattern misbehavior a replication /." Online version, 2002. http://www.uwstout.edu/lib/thesis/2002/2002farquharsona.pdf.

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Fisher, Lauren B. "From the outside looking in: Sense of belonging, depression, and suicide risk." Case Western Reserve University School of Graduate Studies / OhioLINK, 2013. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=case1350160014.

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Córdova, Osnaya Martha. "Internal consistency and factorial structure of the Beck Hopelessness Scale among Mexican students." Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú, 2012. http://repositorio.pucp.edu.pe/index/handle/123456789/100387.

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The Beck Hopelessness Scale was applied in a sample of 971 male and female students, chosen at random sampling from Mexico City, with an average age of 16.75 years. Results were compared to those reported by Beck, Weissman, Lester and Trexler (1974). Results showed adequate reliability (≥ 0.70) in the total sample by gender. Factorial structure matched only in the Affective factor as reported by Beck et al. (1974) with respect to the total sample. Differences in saturation and factorial structure in both sexes were observed. It was concluded that the factor structure of Beck Hopelessness Scale registers different factor structure in the total sample, according to sex.
En una muestra de 971 estudiantes de ambos sexos elegidos en forma aleatoria de la ciudad de México con un promedio de edad de 16.75 anos, se aplicó la Escala de Desesperanza de Beck. Se calculo la consistencia interna y la estructura factorial con el procedimiento reportado por Beck, Weissman, Lester y Trexler (1974) en muestra total y por sexo. Los resultados indicaron confiabilidad adecuada (≥ .70) en la muestra total y por sexo, estructura factorial coincidente solo en el factor Afectivo en la muestra total, y diferencias de saturación y de estructura factorial en ambos sexos. Se concluyo que la Escala de Desesperanza de Beck registra diferente estructura factorial en muestra total y de acuerdo con el sexo.

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Edmonson, Jimmie R. "Hopelessness, Self-Efficacy, Self-Esteem and Powerlessness in Relation to American Indian Suicide." Thesis, University of North Texas, 2000. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc5509/.

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The purpose of this study is to examine the relationship between the independent variables of age, gender, residence, tribal affiliation, and perceived government control over tribal rights and the dependent variables of hopelessness, self-efficacy, and self-esteem. These attitudes are then explored as to their relationship to possible feelings of powerlessness among American Indians. The survey instruments used are the Beck Hopelessness Scale consisting of 20 items (Beck, Weissman, Lester, and Trexler, 1974), (Reproduced by permission of publisher, Psychological Corporation), the Self-Efficacy Scale consisting of 30 items (Sherer, Maddox, Merchandante, Prentice-Dunn, Jacobs, and Rodgers, 1982) (Reproduced by permission of Dr. Ronald W. Rogers), the Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale consisting of 10 items (Rosenberg, 1972) (Reproduced by permission of Dr. Florence Rosenberg) and a demographic questionnaire consisting of 6 items. These instruments were administered to 60 American Indians that make up the sample population of 25 respondents from tribal lands (reservation setting) and 35 respondents from an urban setting. Statistical analysis consists of crosstabulations using Chi-Square and t-tests (used to verify Chi-Square) to determine the significance of the relationship of the independent variables to the dependent variables previously mentioned. Fifteen hypotheses (page 10) were tested to explore the relationships between the above independent variables and the dependent variables. Out of the 15 hypotheses that were investigated two were supported. The two hypotheses are hypothesis 10 and 11. Hypothesis 10 states; American Indians who live on a reservation have more hopelessness than those who live in an urban setting. This hypothesis was indicated to be marginal by Chi-Square analysis but when a t-test was conducted it was shown to be significant. Hypothesis 11 states; American Indians in urban residency will have more self-efficacy than reservation residents. While the data provided minimal support for the theory that hopelessness, self-efficacy, and self-esteem have a relationship to feelings of powerlessness and thus suicide in the American Indian population the outcome of the study provides pertinent data for future research.

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Heidtke, Staci L. "Hopelessness and high risk parenting attitudes in relation to child abuse and neglect." Online version, 2001. http://www.uwstout.edu/lib/thesis/2001/2001heidtkes.pdf.

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Walker, Kristin L., Edward C. Chang, and Jameson K. Hirsch. "Neuroticism and Suicidal Behavior: Conditional Indirect Effects of Social Problem Solving and Hopelessness." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2017. https://dc.etsu.edu/etsu-works/856.

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Individuals with problem solving deficits, and higher levels of neuroticism and hopelessness, are at increased risk for suicide, yet little is known about the interrelationships between these vulnerability characteristics. In a sample of 223 low-income, primary care patients, we examined the potential mediating role of hopelessness on the relation between neuroticism and suicidal behavior, and the potential moderating role of social problem solving ability. Participants completed self-report questionnaires: Suicidal Behaviors Questionnaire-Revised, Social Problem Solving Inventory-Revised, Beck Hopelessness Scale, and NEO Five Factor Inventory. Models were tested using bootstrapped moderated mediation techniques. There was a significant indirect effect of neuroticism on suicidal behavior through hopelessness, and this indirect effect was moderated by social problem solving ability. Patients with greater neuroticism also manifest greater levels of hopelessness and, in turn, more suicidal behavior, and these relations are strengthened at lower levels of social problem solving. Interventions that increase social problem solving ability and reduce hopelessness may reduce suicide risk.

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Bozzay, Melanie Lauren. "Linking Insomnia and Suicide Ideation: The Role of Socio-Cognitive Mechanisms in Suicide Risk." Scholar Commons, 2015. http://scholarcommons.usf.edu/etd/5916.

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Despite what is known about predictors of suicide risk and consequences of insomnia, research has yet to delineate mechanisms that may explain the known relationship between insomnia symptoms and suicide risk. There is some disagreement in the literature regarding whether this relationship could be primarily explained by recent depressive symptoms, or whether there may be other explanatory factors related to sleep deficits. The present study addressed this contention in the literature by examining 1) whether socio-cognitive variables (e.g. fatigue, appraised social problem-solving ability, and hopelessness) explained this insomnia-ideation relationship, and 2) whether these variables contributed some explanatory variance in suicide ideation above and beyond that explained by depressive symptoms. Approximately 483 female participants completed an online study survey. Cross-sectional path analyses were conducted in order to examine the initial hypothesized path, as well as whether the path persisted when depression was integrated in the model. Results suggest that the hypothesized socio-cognitive factors related to sleep deficits partially mediate the established insomnia-suicide ideation relationship. And, further, that the socio-cognitive pathway from sleep loss to suicide ideation persists even when accounting for recent depressive symptoms, such that both pathways separately explain some degree of this relationship. These findings have meaningful implications for understanding mechanisms by which insomnia symptoms may confer heightened risk for considering suicide.

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Akbulut, Nur. "The Relationship Between Vocational Maturity And Hopelessness Among Female And Male Twelfth Grade Students." Master's thesis, METU, 2010. http://etd.lib.metu.edu.tr/upload/12612135/index.pdf.

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The main purpose of the present study was to examine the relationship between vocational maturity and hopelessness among female and male twelfth grade students. The sample of the present study was composed of 523 (341 female, 182 male) twelfth grade students attending four high schools in Ankara and in izmir. The data were gathered using the Vocational Maturity Scale, the Beck Hopelessness Scale and a demographic information form. The overall mean and standard deviation were 145.68 and 18.44 for vocational maturity scale
5.41 and 5.18 for hopelessness scale of 523 twelfth grade students. It was found that there was a negatively significant correlation between the hopelessness and vocational maturity. Moreover, findings related to correlation between vocational maturity and hopelessness seperately in female and male students also indicated that there were negatively significant correlations between vocational maturity and hopelessness in females and males.

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Perry, Barbara J. "An exploratory descriptive study of hopelessness and spiritual well-being among juvenile substance abusers." DigitalCommons@Robert W. Woodruff Library, Atlanta University Center, 1995. http://digitalcommons.auctr.edu/dissertations/2833.

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Nieminski, Cynthia M. "Hopelessness, its impact on at-risk students and a comparison of alternative education programs." Online version, 2000. http://www.uwstout.edu/lib/thesis/2000/2000nieminskic.pdf.

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Broxon, Danielle. ""I'm Always Going to Feel This Way": Overgeneral Memory and Hopelessness in Depressed Emerging Adults." Case Western Reserve University School of Graduate Studies / OhioLINK, 2018. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=case1530808200432709.

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Turner, Cynthia Michelle, and c. turner@mailbox gu edu au. "An Investigation of the Tripartite Model in Three Age Cohorts of Children and Youth." Griffith University. School of Applied Psychology, 2003. http://www4.gu.edu.au:8080/adt-root/public/adt-QGU20030701.122513.

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A large body of literature exists to show that childhood anxiety and depression are significantly interrelated, both at the disorder and the symptom level. Clark and Watson (1991) proposed that a tripartite model could account for the observed relations between anxiety and depression. The tripartite model holds that while anxiety and depression share a substantial component of general affective distress or negative affectivity (NA), they can be meaningfully differentiated on the basis of specific symptoms. Anhedonia, or low positive affect (PA), is seen as specific to depression, and physiological arousal (PH), or somatic tension, is seen as unique to anxiety. The studies presented in this thesis were designed to investigate the tripartite model of anxiety and depression in children and youth. Although previous studies provide some support for the validity of the tripartite model in children, they have not systematically examined the generalisability of the model across the developmental spectrum. Where age differences have been explored, there is some evidence to suggest that anxiety and depression show greater differentiation across development. Therefore, the first study sought to test unitary, dual, and tripartite models of anxiety and depression in a cross-sectional design, using three distinct age cohorts of non-referred children and youth recruited from grade 3 (mean age 7.74 years), grade 6 (mean age 10.59 years), and grade 9 (mean age 13.52 years). A confirmatory factor analytic strategy was used with selected items from the Revised Childrens Manifest Anxiety Scale and the Childrens Depression Inventory. The study found little evidence to support the idea of increasing differentiation with age. All models provided a moderate fit to the data, although analyses indicated that a correlated three-factor tripartite model was the preferred model in all age cohorts. These results suggest that the tripartite model may be a clinically useful tool in differentiating between depressive and anxious symptoms and disorders in children of all ages. The second study then sought to examine the predictive utility of the tripartite model, using a subsample of participants from the first study. In line with the tripartite theory, it was anticipated that the dimensions of NA and PA would predict concurrent and future symptoms of hopelessness (depression). Further, it was expected that the dimensions of NA and PH would predict concurrent and future symptoms of panic (anxiety). Self-report symptoms of hopelessness and panic were measured at baseline and again 12 months later. Results revealed some consistencies and inconsistencies with respect to the predictions of the model. In accordance with predictions, results indicated that NA and PA were significant predictors of concurrent symptoms of hopelessness for grade 3 and grade 6 students, but not for grade 9 students. In addition, NA and PH were significant predictors of concurrent symptoms of panic for grade 6 students, but not for grade 3 or grade 9 students. The tripartite dimensions of NA and PA predicted future hopelessness symptoms for grade 6 students only, however the NA and PH dimensions did not predict future symptoms of panic for any students. Methodology of the study is examined in interpreting the obtained results, and limitations and directions for future research are discussed.

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Esbensen, Anna J. "Depression in individuals with mental retardation: an evaluation of cognitive theories." The Ohio State University, 2004. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1085591280.

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Sheehy, Kate. "Understanding suicidality in prisoners." Thesis, University of Manchester, 2016. https://www.research.manchester.ac.uk/portal/en/theses/understanding-suicidality-in-prisoners(043d887a-11c8-444a-97f4-ef4dedf6dbe0).html.

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Rates of suicidal thoughts and behaviours are heightened amongst prisoners, and present a significant challenge to correctional facilities globally. Despite this, there is a paucity of theoretically driven research examining the factors that underlie suicidality in prisoners. Two theoretical models of suicide, the Cry of Pain model (CoP; Williams, 1997) and the Schematic Appraisals Model of Suicide (SAMS; Johnson, Gooding & Tarrier, 2008) have highlighted the roles of negative appraisals and perceptions of defeat, entrapment, and hopelessness, as key psychological drivers for suicidal thoughts and behaviours. The overarching aim of this thesis was to investigate the psychological mechanisms that underlie suicidal thoughts and behaviours amongst prisoners. A corollary aim was to examine the psychological factors that may confer resilience to suicidal thoughts and behaviours amongst incarcerated individuals. Firstly, a comprehensive narrative review examined evidence of the applicability of current theoretical approaches to suicide, as applied to prisoner samples. The findings of this review highlighted gaps in the literature, from which a number of research questions were developed for investigation in the current thesis. Next, three empirical studies were designed to investigate the roles of perceptions of defeat, entrapment, hopelessness, and negative appraisals in suicidal ideation. In the first of these studies, cross-sectional evidence was obtained that perceptions of internal entrapment and hopelessness were predictive of suicidal ideation amongst prisoners (Chapter 4). In a second study, the predictive effects of defeat, hopelessness, and entrapment were examined in a longitudinal investigation, finding no significant longitudinal relationship (Chapter 7). In a further empirical study, support was provided for the role of momentary negative appraisals of the present and future as proximal predictors of the severity of suicidal thoughts (Chapter 5). Two further studies examined the role of impulsiveness in suicidality, and provided evidence for the deleterious effect of impulsiveness upon both suicidal ideation (Chapter 8) and self-harm ideation (Chapter 9) in prisoners. Two further studies provided the first theoretically driven investigations of potential resilience factors, conceptualized as positive self-appraisals, within a prisoner sample. Based on the Schematic Appraisals Model of Suicide (SAMS), it was proposed that positive self-appraisals would confer resilience against suicidal thoughts and behaviours. Two studies investigated this hypothesis. The first of these studies found that, contrary to predictions, positive self-appraisals of social support and social reciprocity did not buffer the impact of negative situational appraisals upon suicidal thoughts (Chapter 5). In the second study, evidence was obtained for a buffering effect of positive self-appraisals upon suicidal thoughts. In particular, positive appraisals of interpersonal problem-solving were found to buffer the effects of internal entrapment on suicidal thoughts (Chapter 6).Overall, the findings of this thesis serve to further our understanding of the psychological processes underlying the development of, and resilience to, suicidality amongst prisoners. These results underscore the need to empirically examine the applicability and transferability of psychological models of suicide within prisoner populations. Theoretical and clinical implications of these findings are outlined throughout the thesis.

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