12 Beck's Hopelessness Inventory (IOP Admit Packet)

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The following is a 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.

	True	False
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. True
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

Hopelessness Score

This number will be automatically calculated as you select your answers in the table above

Interpretation

0-3	_____	None or minimal
4-8	_____	Mild
9-14	_____	Moderate. May not be in immediate danger, but requires frequent regular monitoring. Is the life situation stable?
15+	_____	Severe. Definite suicide risk