TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2021//
TI  - Risk versus protective factors in predicting hopelessness: does the distinction make sense?
JO  - Suicide studies
A1  - Lester, David
SP  - 28
EP  - 30
VL  - 2
IS  - 1
N2  - This article argues that the distinction between risk and protective factors is merely a linguistic ploy. Separate scales to measure optimism and pessimism were no better at predicting hopelessness scores in a sample of 154 college undergraduates (multiple R = 0.82) than combining the two scales into a single optimism-pessimism scale (Pearson r = 0.82).<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 2771-3415
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -