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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Jul 22.
Published in final edited form as: Psychol Assess. 2011 Jun;23(2):325–336. doi: 10.1037/a0021767

Hopelessness Assessment in Illness Questionnaire

1. 0 I don’t feel discouraged about my future.
1 I sometimes feel discouraged about my future.
2 I often feel discouraged about my future.
2. 0 I don’t have the inner strength to keep fighting this illness.
1 I don’t know if I have the inner strength to keep fighting this illness.
2 I have the inner strength to keep fighting this illness.
3. 0 It is hard to think about anything besides my illness.
1 Sometimes I can think about things other than my illness.
2 I can put my illness out of my mind most of the time.
4. 0 I don’t let myself feel hopeless.
1 I try to stay hopeful but sometimes I can’t.
2 I can’t help feeling hopeless much of the time.
5. 0 I dread every day.
1 Sometimes it’s hard for me to face the day.
2 I usually look forward to each day.
6. 0 I feel a sense of control over my life.
1 I feel in control of some parts of my life.
2 I have no control over my life.
7. 0 I have nothing to look forward to.
1 I am looking forward to some things
2 I am looking forward to many things.
8. 0 I almost always feel hopeful.
1 Sometimes I feel hopeless but then it passes.
2 I almost always feel hopeless.