Combat Exposure Scale Depression (CES-D) 7 item measure of wartime stressors experienced by combatants 20 item likert self report scale screening test for depression Good discriminate validity; reliability .85-.97 Validity construct on DSMIV; reliability .85 internal consistency satisfaction: Development of a general scale, Evaluation & Planning, 2, 197-207. Keane, T., Caddell, J. (1989). Clinical evaluation of a measure to assess combat exposure, Psychological Assessment, 1, 53-55. Radloff, L.S. (1977) 'The CES-D A self report depression scale for research in the general population'. Applied Psychological Measurement 1: Dr. Terrence PTSD Center (116B), V.A. Med. Ctr., 150 So. Huntington Ave., Boston, MA 02130 In public domain Dissociative Experiences Scale (DES) 28 item self report to measure dissociation. Construct validity; reliability .79-.86 Bernstein, E. & Putnam, F. (1986). Development, reliability, & validity of a dissociation scale. Journal of Nervous and Mental disease, 174, 727-735. In public domain Geriatric Depression Scale (GDS) Hamilton Rating Scale for Depression (HAM-D) Health Resource Utilization 30 yes/no items self report to rate depression in the elderly. Clinician-rated 17 item checklist of depressive symptoms. 4 items asking numerical information about frequency of health care visits/use over the past 6 months. Concurrent validity .83; reliability Concurrent validity .8-.9; inter-rater reliability .9 and alpha .80-.92 Test-retest reliability .76-.97 Yesavage, J., Brink, T., Rose, T., Leirer, V. (1983). Development and validation of a geriatric depression screening scale. Journal of Psychiatric Research, 17, 37-49. Williams, J. (1988). A Structured Interview Guide for the Hamilton Depression Rating Scale," Archives of General Psychiatry, American Medical Association, 45 (8), pp. 742-747. Lorig K, Stewart A, Ritter P, González V, Laurent D, & Lynch J, Outcome Measures for Health Education and other Health Care Interventions. Thousand Oaks CA: Sage In public domain In public domain In public domain utilization.html
Sense of Belonging Instrument Symptom (SLC-90-R) symptoms of PTSD. There is a civilian, military and specific version with the latter focusing on a particular event. 18 item self-report questionnaire with respondents rating sense of connection to others on a likert scale 90 item single page self-report likert screening tool designed to measure symptoms of psychopathology Convergent & concurrent validity; reliability .96-.97 Content & construct validity; reliability test-retest .88 Convergent validity with MMPI; internal consistency reliability .89 & Keane, T. (1993). The PTSD Checklist (PCL): Reliability, validity, and diagnostic utility. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Int. Soc. for Traumatic Stress studies, San Antonio, TX. Hagerty, B. & Patusky, K. (1995). Developing a measure of sense of belonging. Nursing Research, 4 (1), 9-13. Derogatis, L. (1994). SCL-90-R, Symptom Inventory, and matching clinical rating scales, in Psychological Testing, Treatment Planning, and Outcome assessment, edited by Marush, M. N.Y.: Erlbaum. assessment/assessmt_request_form.html Contact bmkh@umich.edu Purchase from: National Computer Systems P.O. Box 416 Minneapolis, MN 55440 www.ncs.com State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI) 20 item self report with a 4-point likert scale; 2 forms with STAI-1 for state anxiety & STAI-2 for trait anxiety. Good convergent validity; reliability Spielberger, C.D. (1977). State-Trait Anxiety Inventory manual. Palo Alto, CA: Mind Garden Purchase from: Mind Garden, 855 Oak Grove Ave., Ste 215, Menlo Park, CA 94025 kwheeler 10/20/2009