Online Resources That Include a Copy of the Measure
- Alcohol and Drug Abuse Institute (ADAI) Screening and Assessment Instruments DatabaseThe ADAI Library is located at the University of Washington and collects research and scientific literature on alcohol and other drug use from all relevant disciplines. Instruments can be found by name or acronym, developer, descriptors, and words in the abstract. Descriptive and psychometric information is provided, and some instruments are in the public domain and can be freely downloaded from the web. A list of all the instruments can also be browsed
- Handbook of Marketing Scales Multi-Item Measures for Marketing and Consumer Behavior ResearchMeasures are organized by the following topical areas: individual traits, values, involvement and information processing, reactions to advertising stimuli, attitudes toward the social role of business, and sales and sales management issues. Descriptive, validity and original source information is also provided.
- Handbook of Research Design and Social MeasurementSee Part 7, "Assessing Social Variables: Scales and Indexes" Scales cover areas such as social status, group structure and dynamics, leadership, family and marriage, etc
- Handbook of Sexuality-Related MeasuresThis classic and invaluable reference handbook, written for sex researchers and their students, has now been completely revised in a new, fourth edition. It remains the only easy and efficient way for researchers to learn about, evaluate, and compare instruments that have previously been used in sex research.
- Measuring Bullying Victimization, Perpetration, and Bystander Experiences: A Compendium of Assessment ToolsFrom the CDC, this resource contains approximately 33 tools that measure a range of bullying experience including bully perpetration, bully victimization, bully-victim experiences, and bystander experiences.
- Measuring Intimate Partner Violence Victimization and Perpetration: A Compendium of Assessment ToolsThis compendium features over 20 scales measuring both victimization from and perpetration of intimate partner violence. For each included scale, the compendium provides scale items, response categories, and scoring instructions. Psychometric information is also supplied and how to obtain permission to use copyrighted materials is provided.
- Measuring Race and EthnicityIncludes over 50 measures. Also available in print, Dana Library Stacks: HT1523.D38 2011
- Measuring Violence-Related Attitudes, Beliefs, and Behaviors Among Youths: A Compendium of Assessment ToolsThis compendium contains more than 100 measures that can be used to evaluate programs to prevent youth violence. There are four sections, each focusing on a different category of assessments. In addition to the measure, information on reliability/validation, scoring, target group, and how to obtain permission to use copyright materials is provided. Please be sure to read the "How to use this compendium" section.
- Practitioner's Guide to Empirically Based Measures of AnxietyThis compendium includes reviews of more than 200 instruments for measuring anxiety-related constructs in adults. These measures are summarized in `quick view grids' which clinicians will find invaluable. Seventy-five of the most popular instruments are reprinted and a glossary of frequently used terms is provided.
- Practitioner's Guide to Empirically Based Measures of DepressionThis volume provides critical overviews of key assessment issues and available assessment tools in depression. It provides summary tables comparing and contrasting different instruments in terms of their time requirements, suitability, costs, administration, reliability, and validity. These `quick view grids' provide a rapid method of identifying and comparing potentially useful measures. Sample copies of 25 instruments in the public domain are included; for instruments commercially available, samples of instrument content and information about how to purchase them are provided
- Practitioner's Guide to Empirically Based Measures of Social SkillsOffers full reproduction of more than a dozen measures for children, adolescents, and adults, e.g. the Interpersonal Competence Questionnaire and the Teenage Inventory of Social Skills
Print Resources That Include a Copy of the Measure
Assessing Older Persons: Measures, Meaning, and Practical Applications by ISBN: 0195129156Publication Date: 2000Detailed accounts of measures for a wide range of functions are included in this title. Over 33 measures are provided.
Communication Research Measures: A Sourcebook by ISBN: 0898622913Publication Date: 1994-09-30Part one gives an overview of the areas in the communication discipline which use quantitative measures. Descriptive summaries of 62 measures, including validity and reliability information, follow in part two. Most of the actual measures are also provided.
Exacting Beauty: Theory, Assessment, and Treatment of Body Image by ISBN: 1557985413Publication Date: 1998-11-01This title provides a comprehensive and in-depth look at the nature and scope of body image disturbance. Approximately 100 frequently used measures are described and 36 body image instruments are reprinted.
Handbook of Community and Home Health Nursing: Tools for Assessment, Intervention, and Education by ISBN: 0815181507Publication Date: 1995Two hundred and fifty-two measures, guidelines, and assessment tools are included.
Handbook of Family Measurement Techniques (3 Volumes) by ISBN: 0803972504Publication Date: 2000Volume three includes 168 selected examples of actual instruments described in the two volumes of abstracts. A subject index is also included in volume three.
Handbook of Geriatric Assessment by ISBN: 0763730564Publication Date: 2006The text covers instruments, questionnaires, and concepts across a variety of domains including elder abuse, social support, dementia, substance use and abuse, assessment of daily living, adherence to medical treatment, and many other areas. Approximately 41 measures are included.
Handbook of Psychiatric Measures by ISBN: 1585622184Publication Date: 2007Introductory chapters in part one address the nature of measures and limitations in their use, psychometric properties of measures, and ethnic, cultural, and socioeconomic factors that influence the use and interpretation of measures. The remaining chapters cover measures organized by domain. Information provided includes descriptive summaries and psychometric properties, practical issues, clinical utility, references and suggested readings. Sample items are provided for most measures. Additionally, 108 actual measures are included on the CD-ROM that accompanies this resource. Appendix C of the book includes a list of measures found on the CD-ROM. Each chapter also provides a table that lists the measures covered and indicates with an asterisk (*) which measures are included the CD-ROM.
Handbook of Sexuality-Related Measures by ISBN: 9780415801744Publication Date: 2010-08-12This source includes over 200 measures of sexuality-related constructs or topics such as love, communication, decision making, abortion, abuse, homosexuality, sexual risk taking, female sexuality, etc. Most of the actual measures are included by permission of the author. Sample items from those that are commercially available are provided, with details about how to obtain a copy. Included in the description of the measures are administration procedures, reliability and validity information, and references.- Handbook of Tests and Measurements for Black Populations (2 Vols) byISBN: 0943539080Publication Date: 1996-03-01This is a collection of more than 100 psychological tests and measures developed for use with African Americans. Volume one focuses on children, adolescents, and family, and volume two presents measures appropriate for late adolescents, young adults, and older age groups. The tests are in various stages of development, but information regarding rationale for the measure and reliability and validity data are provided. Except as otherwise noted, most of the authors have granted non-commercial use of the tests and measures for research, service, or instructional purposes.
Measurement of Nursing Outcomes by ISBN: 0826114172Publication Date: 2001-08-01A collection of tools that measure client outcomes, nursing performance, clinical skills, and client self-care and coping skills.
Measures for Clinical Practice and Research, 2 vols by ISBN: 9780199778584Publication Date: 2013This resource has dozens of new scales as well as updated information for existing instruments, expanding and cementing its utility for members of all the helping professions, including psychology, social work, psychiatry, counseling, nursing, and medicine.
Measures for Clinical Practice and Research: A Sourcebook, Volumes 1&2 by ISBN: 0199778590Publication Date: 2013The fifth edition of this valuable resource contains over 550 complete instruments. Volume one contains measures for use with couples, families and children, and volume two provides measures for adults.
Measures of Personality and Social Psychological Attitudes by ISBN: 0125902441Publication Date: 1991Collection of attitude scales that are useful in survey research and cover subject areas such as self-esteem, loneliness, social anxiety, locus-of control, sex roles, values, etc. Reliability and validity data, evaluative comments, and references are provided. Sample items, and in most cases, the actual measures are reproduced.
Measures of Political Attitudes by ISBN: 0125902425Publication Date: 1998Includes reviews, reliability and validity data, and references. Again, sample items, and in most cases, the actual measures are reproduced. Covers measures of liberalism/conservatism, racial attitudes, political alienation, etc.- Measures of Religiosity byISBN: 089135106XPublication Date: 1999This is a source for measures that cover areas such as religious beliefs/practices, religious attitudes, religious development, religious coping/problem solving, spirituality, and views of death/afterlife. Descriptive information including reliability/validity data is also provided.
Measuring Health: A Guide to Rating Scales and Questionnaires by ISBN: 0195165675Publication Date: 2006Includes reviews, descriptions, test properties, etc., for rating scales and questionnaires that cover topics such as physical disability, pain, psychological well-being, and quality of life.
Pfeiffer's Classic Inventories, Questionnaires, and Surveys for Training and Development by ISBN: 0787974692Publication Date: 2004Leadership and management related assessments, instruments, and surveys are presented. Scoring information and validity and reliability data are included, as are 37 actual measures.
Positive Psychological Assessment: A Handbook of Models and Measures by ISBN: 1557989885Publication Date: 2003This book is a compendium of positive psychological constructs and related measures. Chapters cover cognitive, emotional, interpersonal, religious and philosophical models. Nineteen complete instruments are included, although many others are discussed.
Practitioner's Guide to Empirically Based Measures of Social Skills by ISBN: 9781441906083Publication Date: 2009This source provides in-depth reviews of nearly 100 measures, including their administration and scoring, and psychometric properties. Reprints of more than a dozen measures are found in Appendix B.
Rating Scales in Mental Health by ISBN: 159195052XPublication Date: 2003This source contains 113 psychiatric rating scales that can be applied in a variety of clinical and/or research settings. The scales are grouped into three broad categories: psychiatric diagnoses, e.g., anxiety, depression, bipolar disorder, etc.; functional domains, e.g., quality of life, substance abuse, etc., and scales for specific populations. Entries include an overview of the scale, general applications, selected psychometric properties, references to journals and/or books that discuss the scale and/or utilize the scale, copyright information, and time to complete the scale. The scale is reproduced if permission has been granted.
Sourcebook of Adult Assessment Strategies by ISBN: 0306450291Publication Date: 1995Seventy tests and scales are included in this source. Presentation of the measures corresponds to the order of related diagnostic categories in the DSM-IV. Information provided for each test includes purposes and uses, administration and scoring, cutoff and sample scores, reliability, and validity.
The Sourcebook of Nonverbal Measures: Going Beyond Words by ISBN: 1135704228Publication Date: 2014The creators of the measures wrote the chapters in this resource. The measures are applicable to the areas of interpersonal communication, psychology, and personal relationships.
- Tests in MicroficheTests in Microfiche Annotated Index LSM Ref. LB1131.T45 1975-;
Made available through the Educational and Testing Service (ETS), this annual series of unpublished, noncommercial educational and psychological measures covers a variety of topics and populations. Use the Tests in Microfiche Annotated Index to find the tests available in the microfiche collection or see this list Full Test Instruments Available in ETS Tests in Microfiche Collection. The tests can be reproduced for educational or research purposes.