• Dr. Rakshanda Ahad
• Dr. Shawkat Ahmad Shah

Cognitive factors questionnaire was developed, that can be used for adolescents and youth. Response was sought from 1069 adolescents from various higher secondary schools on an initial item pool of 10 items selected on basis of strong theoretical evidence and then exploratory was carried out to check the factor structure. The findings revealed a two factor structure comprising of hopelessness and perceived burdensomeness dimensions and explained 63.27% of the variance. A confirmatory factor analysis also revealed an acceptable model fit. Cronbach’s alpha of the standardized items was found to be 0.82 for hopelessness and 0.87 perceived burdensomeness. The construct reliability is also high and satisfactory. The indigenously and psychometrically developed scale with ten items only is hoped to prove beneficial in the circumstances when tools with a large number of items are not feasible to use.

Adolescents, Hopelessness, perceived burdensomeness

"Hopelessness and Perceived Burdensomeness: Psychometric properties of Cognitive Factors Questionnaire.", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.9, Issue 5, page no.d186-d195, May-2022, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2205442.pdf

"Hopelessness and Perceived Burdensomeness: Psychometric properties of Cognitive Factors Questionnaire.", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.9, Issue 5, page no. ppd186-d195, May-2022, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2205442.pdf