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Predictors of hopelessness among clinically depressed youth.

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Becker-Weidman, EG; Reinecke, MA; Jacobs, RH; Martinovich, Z; Silva, SG; March, JS
Published in: Behavioural and cognitive psychotherapy
May 2009

Factors that distinguish depressed individuals who become hopeless from those who do not are poorly understood.In this study, predictors of hopelessness were examined in a sample of 439 clinically depressed adolescents participating in the Treatment for Adolescents with Depression Study (TADS). The total score of the Beck Hopelessness Scale (BHS) was used to assess hopelessness at baseline. Multiple regression and logistic regression analyses were conducted to evaluate the extent to which variables were associated with hopelessness and determine which cluster of measures best predicted clinically significantly hopelessness.Hopelessness was associated with greater depression severity, poor social problem-solving, cognitive distortions, and family conflict. View of self, view of the world, internal attributional style, need for social approval, positive problem-solving orientation, and family problems consistently emerged as the best predictors of hopelessness in depressed youth.Cognitive and familial factors predict those depressed youth who have high levels of hopelessness.

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Published In

Behavioural and cognitive psychotherapy

DOI

EISSN

1469-1833

ISSN

1352-4658

Publication Date

May 2009

Volume

37

Issue

3

Start / End Page

267 / 291

Related Subject Headings

  • Social Perception
  • Social Environment
  • Self Concept
  • Psychometrics
  • Prognosis
  • Problem Solving
  • Personality Inventory
  • Perceptual Distortion
  • Motivation
  • Male
 

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Becker-Weidman, E. G., Reinecke, M. A., Jacobs, R. H., Martinovich, Z., Silva, S. G., & March, J. S. (2009). Predictors of hopelessness among clinically depressed youth. Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapy, 37(3), 267–291. https://doi.org/10.1017/s1352465809005207
Becker-Weidman, Emily G., Mark A. Reinecke, Rachel H. Jacobs, Zoran Martinovich, Susan G. Silva, and John S. March. “Predictors of hopelessness among clinically depressed youth.Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapy 37, no. 3 (May 2009): 267–91. https://doi.org/10.1017/s1352465809005207.
Becker-Weidman EG, Reinecke MA, Jacobs RH, Martinovich Z, Silva SG, March JS. Predictors of hopelessness among clinically depressed youth. Behavioural and cognitive psychotherapy. 2009 May;37(3):267–91.
Becker-Weidman, Emily G., et al. “Predictors of hopelessness among clinically depressed youth.Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapy, vol. 37, no. 3, May 2009, pp. 267–91. Epmc, doi:10.1017/s1352465809005207.
Becker-Weidman EG, Reinecke MA, Jacobs RH, Martinovich Z, Silva SG, March JS. Predictors of hopelessness among clinically depressed youth. Behavioural and cognitive psychotherapy. 2009 May;37(3):267–291.
Journal cover image

Published In

Behavioural and cognitive psychotherapy

DOI

EISSN

1469-1833

ISSN

1352-4658

Publication Date

May 2009

Volume

37

Issue

3

Start / End Page

267 / 291

Related Subject Headings

  • Social Perception
  • Social Environment
  • Self Concept
  • Psychometrics
  • Prognosis
  • Problem Solving
  • Personality Inventory
  • Perceptual Distortion
  • Motivation
  • Male