Dean's Powerlessness Subscale
“The future looks very dismal.”
the future looks very dismal
CITM_50b5a911a0af · 2 source instruments · 1 surface variant
Normalized stem
the future looks very dismal
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Surface variants
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- The future looks very dismal.
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Powerlessness Scale (Dean)
“The future looks very dismal.”
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