THE HOPELESSNESS DEPRESSION SYMPTOM QUESTIONNAIRE

Evaluated the Hopelessness Depression Symptom Questionnaire (HDSQ; Met alsky & Joiner 1991). The HDSQ is a 32-item self-report measure of eig ht symptoms posited by L. Abramson, G. Metalsky, and L. Alloy (1989) t o comprise a specific subtype of depression-hopelessness depression. F actor analytic results from 435 subjects suggested that: (a) Each of t he eight subscales of the HDSQ reflects a distinct symptom of hopeless ness depression; and (b) The eight subscales, taken together, reflect one higher-order construct-Hopelessness Depression Symptoms. Diathesis -stress results from a subset of 174 subjects indicated that the attri butional diathesis x stress interaction predicted onset of hopelessnes s depression symptoms on the HDSQ but nor nonhopelessness depression s ymptoms. The HDSQ should allow for recision in tests of the hopelessne ss theory of depression.