Beck Hopelessness Inventory - ilgianderson.com

Beck Hopelessness Scale (BHS) is a 20-item, self-report inventory designed to measure levels of hopelessness. Please answer each question by selecting true or false based on how you have been feeling in the past weeks, including today.

1. I look forward to the future with hope and enthusiasm. *

2. I might as well give up because I can’t make things better for myself. *

3. When things are going badly, I am helped by knowing they can’t stay that way forever. *

4. I can’t imagine what my life would be like in 10 years. *

5. I have enough time to accomplish the things I most want to do. *

6. In the future, I expect to succeed in what concerns me most. *

7. My future seems dark to me. *

8. I expect to get more of the good things in life than the average person. *

9. I just don’t get the breaks, and there’s no reason to believe I will in the future. *

10. My past experiences have prepared me well for my future. *

11. All I can see ahead of me is unpleasantness rather than pleasantness. *

12. I don’t expect to get what I really want. *

13. When I look ahead to the future, I expect I will be happier than I am now. *

14. Things just won’t work out the way I want them to. *

15. I have great faith in the future. *

16. I never get what I want so it’s foolish to want anything. *

17. It is very unlikely that I will get any real satisfaction in the future. *

18. The future seems vague and uncertain to me. *

19. I can look forward to more good times than bad times. *

20. There’s no use in really trying to get something I want because I probably won’t get it. *

Points for 'True'

Give yourself 1 point for each 'true' answer for questions 2, 4, 7, 9, 11, 12, 14, 16, 17, 18, 20. Do not give yourself points for the answer 'false'.

Points for 'False'

Give yourself 1 point for each 'false' answer for questions 1, 3, 5, 6, 8, 10, 13, 15 ,19. Do not give points yourself for the answer 'true'.

Total Score

Please enter the sum of your points.

My hopelessness score is

Minimal
Mild
Moderate
Severe

Scores between 0-3= minimal hopelessness / 4-8= mild hopelessness / 9-14= moderate hopelessness / 15-20= severe hopelessness

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