Table 2: Psychometric
characteristics and factor structure (principal axis factoring with oblimin rotation) of the beck hopelessness scale among the
student nurses (n = 438).
|
Item
|
Mean
(SD) |
Item-total
correlations |
Factor
1 |
Factor
2 |
|
17. It is very unlikely
that I will get any real satisfaction in the future. |
0.15 (0.36) |
0.560 |
0.745 |
- |
|
11. All I can see ahead of
me is unpleasantness rather than pleasantness |
0.13 (0.34) |
0.572 |
0.679 |
- |
|
12. I don’t expect to get
what I really want. |
0.18 (0.39) |
0.533 |
0.651 |
- |
|
9. I just can’t get the
breaks, and there is no reason I will in the future. |
0.28 (0.45) |
0.430 |
0.603 |
- |
|
13. When I look ahead to
the future, I expect that I will be happier than now. |
0.06 (0.25) |
0.717 |
0.587 |
- |
|
14. Things don’t just work
out the way I want them to. |
0.41 (0.49) |
0.465 |
0.552 |
- |
|
20. There is no use in
really trying to get anything I want because I probably won’t get it. |
0.14 (0.35) |
0.536 |
0.541 |
- |
|
16. I never get what I
want, so it is foolish to want anything. |
0.15 (0.35) |
0.537 |
0.533 |
- |
|
2. I might as well give up
because there is nothing I can do about making things better for myself. |
0.13 (0.33) |
0.460 |
0.492 |
- |
|
7. My future seems dark to
me. |
0.26 (0.44) |
0.467 |
0.483 |
- |
|
8. I happen to be
particularly lucky, and I expect to get more of the good things in life than
the average person. |
0.07 (0.25) |
0.681 |
- |
0.711 |
|
6. In the future, I expect
to succeed in what concerns me the most. |
0.04 (0.19) |
0.398 |
- |
0.678 |
|
1. I look forward to the
future with hope and enthusiasm. |
0.35 (0.19) |
0.424 |
- |
0.666 |
|
3. When things are going
badly, I am helped by knowing they cannot stay that way forever. |
0.06 (0.23) |
0.366 |
- |
0.605 |
|
5. I have enough time to
accomplish the things I want to do |
0.08 (0.27) |
0.448 |
- |
0.600 |
|
15. I have great faith in
the future |
0.11 (0.32) |
0.607 |
- |
0.569 |
|
10. My past experiences
have prepared me well for the future. |
0.65 (0.25) |
0.467 |
- |
0.447 |
|
19. I can look forward to
more good times than bad times. |
0.09 (0.29) |
0.505 |
- |
0.428 |
|
Eigen value |
|
|
6.23 |
1.50 |
|
% of total variance
explained |
|
|
34.6% |
8.1% |
|
Cronbach’s
alpha |
|
|
0.82 |
0.80 |
|
Kaiser-Meyer-Olkins measure of sampling adequacy |
|
0.89 |
|
|
|
Overall Cronbach’s alpha = 0.89 |
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