ECAUSE Marcuse did not surface as a semi-popular social critic till the 1960s during the time of mounting and, for awhile, hopeful social protest, he is often assumed to be a spokesman for the protestors. Indeed, some of his writings in the sixties (most notably his Essay on Liberation) directly addressed the protest movement. Moreover, as protest in the U.S. subsided in the seventies, Marcuse ...

There is considerable debate about the underlying factor structure of the Beck Hopelessness Scale (BHS) in the literature. An established view is that it reflects a unitary or bi-dimensional construct in non-clinical samples. There are, however, reasons to reconsider this conceptualisation. Based on previous factor analytic findings from both clinical and nonclinical studies, the aim of the pre...

Abstract A correlational study ( n = 180 adults) in the United States tested hypothesis that self-directed humor styles predict emotional responses to COVID-19, specifically stress and hopelessness, turn engagement protective behaviors. Results from a sequential mediation analysis supported our hypotheses. First, extent people have self-enhancing style they perceived less hopelessness associate...

In this study, the aim is to determine relationship between cognitive-behavioral avoidance, dysfunctional attitudes and hopelessness levels of parents having children with special needs. The research group consists 155 needs in Kastamonu. Mean, t test, anova pearson correlation coefficient analysis techniques were used data. According findings, significant relationships found No was attitude ac...

The effective use of nursing diagnosis internationally depends in part on incorporating language and cultural difference into the common language of nursing. International validation studies can provide a basis for this effort. This study tested three diagnoses--anxiety, hopelessness, and ineffective airway clearance--through multinational validation. The Diagnostic Content Validity (DCV) model...