Full-Text Assessment Instruments in Print Resources

618.920075
As741
cop.2

Reference

Assessing children's well-being: a handbook of measures. 2004.

The appendix of this work includes 20 scales and measures. Topics relate to children's health and include family responsibility, coping strategies, health inventories, attitudes towards illness, locus of control, child and parent perceptions of specialty care. The instruments reproduced in the appendix are discussed within the text and information regarding content, purpose, standardization and norms, reliability, validity, strengths and limitations, and further reading is provided.

614.42
C738
v.1-5

Reserves

Compendium of quality of life instruments. 5 vols. 1998.

• Vol 1: General quality of life assessment instruments; disease specific quality of life instruments (anxiety and depression, arthritis/musculoskeletal diseases).
• Vol 2: Disease specific quality of life instruments (cancer, cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases, dementia, endocrine and gastrointestinal diseases, HIV/AIDS, hospice and palliative care, and neurological diseases).
• Vol 3: Disease specific quality of life instruments (psychosocial and mental disorders).
• Vol 4: Disease specific quality of life instruments (rehabilitation, renal diseases and respiratory diseases).
• Vol 5: Specific groups quality of life assessment instruments (caregivers, children, elderly, and women); economic specific quality of life indices.

Q.306.85
H191
2001

Reference

Handbook of family measurement techniques: Instruments & index. Vol. 3. 2001.

Volume three of this set contains:

• 33 Family relations instruments (e.g., The Brother-Sister Questionnaire)
• 30 Marital relations instruments (e.g., Intimate Bond Measure [IBM])
• 51 Parent-child relations instruments (e.g., Parent-Child Closeness [PCC])
• 32 Family adjustment, health, and well-being instruments (e.g., Burden Assessment Scale [BAS])
• 22 Family problems instruments (e.g., Parenting Stress Inventory)

Q.306.7072
H191
1998

Reference

Handbook of sexuality-related measures. 1998.

The majority of the 225 scales presented in this work are reproduced in their entirety. Among the 80+ topics covered are abortion, abuse, aggression, arousal, contraception, female and male sexuality, gender identification, harassment, heterosexuality, HIV/AIDS, homophobia, homosexuality, love, marriage, rape, sexual risk, sociosexual orientation, and relationships. Each measurement includes comments addressing content, scoring, reliability, validity, and references.

371.26
L5672h
2000

Reference

Handbook of tests and measurement in education and the social sciences. 2nd ed. 2000.

120 tests and measures divided into such topics as alienation, anxiety, communication, conflict, ethics, honesty, interpersonal relations, job satisfaction, leadership style, mentoring, morale, motivation, politics, self-actualization, self concept, self esteem, stress, and total quality management. When available, each entry includes comments addressing scale construction, sampling, reliability, validity, factor analysis, and references.

301.154
R56m
1969

EDX Stacks

Measures of political attitudes. 1969.

96 tests and measures divided into the following subjects: liberalism and conservatism, democratic principles, domestic government policies, racial and ethnic attitudes, international affairs, hostility-related national attitudes, community-based political attitudes, political information, political participation, and attitudes toward the political process. When available, each entry includes comments addressing content, sampling, reliability, validity, administration, results, and references.

320.019
M463

EDX Stacks

Measures of political attitudes. 1999.

Approximately 150 measures divided into the following subjects: liberalism and conservatism, economic values and inequality, democratic values and political tolerance, racial attitudes, political alienation and efficacy, trust in government, international attitudes, political information, political agendas, political partisanship, and political participation. Included with the scales are remarks on content, sample, reliability, validity, and results. There is not significant overlap in measures with the 1969 title above.

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M463

Reference

Measures of religiosity. 1999.

126 scales and measures in the psychology of religion are divided into such topics as religious beliefs and practices, religious attitudes, religious development, moral values, religiousness, spirituality and mysticism, god concepts, religious fundamentalism, and views of death and the afterlife. Included with the scales are comments addressing content, considerations, standardization, validity, and research of the accompanying measurement.

301.154
R56m
apx.2
1973

EDX Stacks

Measures of social psychological attitudes. 1973.

The majority of the scales in this work are reproduced in their entirety. Included are scales measuring self-esteem, internal and external locus of control, alienation and anomia, authoritarianism and dogmatism, values, socio-political attitudes, religious attitudes, and general attitudes toward people. Also included are a description of the scale, and comments on sampling, reliability, validity, administration, results, and references.

616.89075
C811m
2000
v.1-2

Reference

Measures for clinical practice: a sourcebook. 3rd ed. 2 vols. 2000.

Vol 1: 34 instruments for use with couples (topics include marital happiness, conflict, dual families, and abuse); 57 instruments for use with families (topics include boundaries, coping abilities, family cohesiveness, siblings and parent-child relationships); 49 instruments for use with children (topics include self-concept, loneliness, fears, and self-esteem).

Vol 2: 264 instruments for use with adults when the problem being addressed is outside the familial or couple relationship (topics include aggression, depression, anxiety, eating, fear, addictions, obsessive-compulsion, dissociation, self-perceptions, and social interactions).

Information regarding purpose, scoring, reliability, validity and references are provided along with each instrument in these volumes.

616.89075
Sa289r

Reference

Rating scales in mental health. 2001.

The majority of the scales in this work are reproduced in their entirety. Included are scales rating anxiety, depression, mania, psychosis, patient satisfaction, quality of life, substance abuse, suicide risk, and aggression. Geriatric rating scales and scales for children are also provided. Descriptions of the scales are given along with comments on their general application, psychometric properties (reliability and validity), and references.

616.89075
Sch88s

EDX Stacks

Sourcebook of adult assessment strategies. 1995.

The 67 mental health measurements presented in this work are reproduced in their entirety. The organization of the scales corresponds to the order of related diagnostic categories in the DSM-IV. As such, topics covered include delirium and dementia, substance-related disorders, schizophrenia and related disorders, mood disorders, anxiety disorders, somatoform disorders, dissociative disorders, sexual disorders, eating disorders, sleep disorders, impulse control disorders, and relationship problems. Included with the scales are comments addressing purpose and development, administration and scoring, samples, reliability, validity, and references.

301.072
M613h
2002

Reserves

Handbook of research design & social measurement. 2002.

While much of this work uses sample items from scales to illustrate ideas, Part 7 ("Assessing social variables: scales and indexes", pp.453-658) provides some measurements in their entirety. This section includes scales assessing social status, group structure and dynamics, community, social participation, leadership in the work organization, and morale and job satisfaction. A description of each scale, along with comments on reliability, validity, references, and research applications, is included.

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H1912
v.2

Reserves

Handbook of tests and measurements for black populations. 1996.

Of the 40+ measurements discussed in this work, many of the instruments are included in their entirety and can be found appended at the end of each entry. When not published in its entirety, a sample of the measurement is included. Assessment tools are divided among the following subjects: world-view; physiological and neuropsychological measures; spirituality; acculturation, life experiences, and values; racial identity attitude; stress, racism, and coping measures; mental health delivery; and work environment. Included are detailed discussion about each scale, as well as comments on scoring, reliability and validity, research, and references.

Q.016.153752
EL45i

Reference

An international directory of spatial tests. 1983.

While only sample items are included in this work, test instructions and practice items (available for each entry) are reproduced directly from the test instruments. References are included as well as comments on the purpose and content of the test, the scoring procedure, and availability. Among the spatial tests sampled are tasks involving copying and mazes, embedded figures, visual memory, figural rotation, blocks and block rotation, paper folding, perspective, and collage.

155.28
M463

Reference

Measures of personality and social psychological attitudes. 1991.

Approximately 150 scales and measures are discussed in this work and all have, at least, sample items from the text of these instruments. Many scales are reproduced in their entirety but are found throughout the 700+ pages with no full-text scale index to lead you specifically to them. Among the topics covered by the scales presented and discussed in this text are life satisfaction and happiness; self-esteem; social anxiety; depression and loneliness; alienation; attitudes towards people; locus of control; authoritarianism; and masculinity, femininity, and androgyny. Descriptions of the scales are given along with comments on samples, reliability, validity, and references.