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2018

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Irene Gonzalez-HerreraPsychology Graduate Student,Kaylee WilliamsPsychologyGraduate Student,Nena McGathPsychologyGraduate Student,William ReynoldsPsychologyFaculty

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There is limited research on demoralization in college students. Most research in this domain has focused on medical populations, such as persons with cancer (Mehnert et al, 2011; Mullane et al, 2009) or other health-related problems. The most used measure of this construct is the Demoralization Scale (DS; Kissane et al, 2004). The 24-item DS includes components of dysphoria, feelings of incompetence and loss of meaning, with good reliability and validity in clinical samples (Kissane et al., 2004; Pei-Ling et al., 2015). The current study examined the reliability and validity of the DS in college students.

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