Table 2.

Classical test theory indices for the Beck Hopelessness Scale-7 (n = 322).

Item	2	11	12	14	16	17	20
2. Might as well give up	–
11. Only unpleasantness ahead	0.39*	–
12. Don’t expect to get what want	0.29*	0.40*	–
14. Things don’t work out	0.33*	0.32*	0.37*	–
16. Never get what wants	0.45*	0.49*	0.45*	0.39*	–
17. Unlikely to get future satisfaction	0.42*	0.52*	0.44*	0.34*	0.54*	–
20. No use trying to get anything	0.47*	0.55*	0.38*	0.36*	0.61*	0.56*	–
Mean	0.13	0.19	0.33	0.49	0.17	0.21	0.16
SD	0.34	0.39	0.47	0.50	0.38	0.41	0.37
Item-total correlation: 7 items	0.53*	0.61*	0.53*	0.47*	0.68*	0.65*	0.68*
Item-total correlation: 9 items	0.53*	0.61*	0.58*	0.47*	0.66*	0.65*	0.67*
Factor loadings: 7 items	0.66*	0.74*	0.65*	0.59*	0.79*	0.77*	0.80*
Factor loadings: 9 items	0.64*	0.73*	0.67*	0.58*	0.77*	0.76*	0.79*

Factor loadings for items excluded from 7-item scale: Item 6 = 0.44, Item 18 = 0.59. Item-total correlations for the two items: Item 6 = 0.34, Item 18 = 0.49.

*p < 0.001.