Introduction: Hopelessness and negative rumination are among issues the older adults cope with it. Examining effective therapy strategies to decrease them are of great importance. The current study was conducted with regard to understanding the importance of this issue. It aims at examining the effectiveness of mindfulness-based compassion therapy on hopelessness and rumination among the female...

This study addresses the level of hopelessness experienced by last-year students at a faculty veterinary medicine. Moreover, it identifies factors behind this emotion. A face-to-face questionnaire was administered to 238 from 2017 2021. The included questions about sociodemographic and other characteristics, along with Beck Hopelessness Scale. Data analysis descriptive statistics, factor analys...

The associations between risk-taking, hopelessness, and reasons for living were explored in a sample of 312 Italian students. Respondents completed the Physical Risk Assessment Inventory, the Physical Risk-Taking Behavior Inventory, the Beck Hopelessness Scale, and the Reasons for Living Inventory. Students with lower scores on the Reasons for Living Inventory and higher scores on the Beck Hope...

The present study examined differences in hopelessness, impulsiveness and suicide intent between suicide attempters with either major depression or alcohol dependence, comorbid major depression and alcohol dependence, and those without these disorders. A sample of 114 patients from consecutive cases of attempted suicide referred to a general hospital in Helsinki was interviewed and diagnosed ac...

This study looks at a group of adolescents who have taken overdoses and examines the type and severity of their problems. It measures hopelessness and depression, and whether these adolescents feel their parents understand them. The study also examines the ways in which these adolescents perceive their overdose as a problem-solving mechanism.The study shows that hopelessness in adolescent self-...

Research has demonstrated a link between internalizing factors and bullying perpetration and peer victimization; however, few studies have examined predictors of cognitive and psychosocial factors, such as locus of control and hopelessness. The current study examined cognitive and psychosocial factors in bullying perpetration and peer victimization in a sample of 469 middle school students. A m...

BACKGROUND Research has highlighted the importance of recovery as defined by the service user, and suggests a link to negative emotion, although little is known about the role of negative emotion in predicting subjective recovery. AIMS To investigate longitudinal predictors of variability in recovery scores with a focus on the role of negative emotion. METHOD Participants (n = 110) with exp...