The shortened version of the Caregiver Well-Being Scale (CWBS) is designed to help family caregivers, clinicians, and researchers identify areas of caregiver strength and areas in which additional support is needed.
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World Health Organization Quality of Life Scale-Disabilities Module (WHOQOL-DIS)
Developed as a QOL assessment tool for use with people with physical or intellectual disabilities. It is a new module added to the WHOQOL-BREF (26 items) to assess the QOL of people with disabilities and comprises a 13-item self-report questionnaire for three sub-domains.
Subjective Vitality Scale (State Level Version)
Assesses momentary state of subjective vitality and characteristics of feeling alive and alert.
Appropriate for use with individuals with and without intellectual and developmental disabilities.
Subjective Vitality Scale (Individual Difference Level Version)
Assesses reflective judgments about feeling alive and alert.
Appropriate for use with individuals with and without intellectual and developmental disabilities.
Quality of Life Questionnaire (QOL.Q)
The Quality of Life Questionnaire (QOL.Q; Schalock & Keith, 1993) measures the quality of life of a person with an intellectuality disability. It has 40 interviewer-administered items, each of which relates to an aspect of a person’s life. Three possible responses are provided for the person to select the most appropriate to their life situation. Response scores go from 1 (low) to 3 (high). It was designed to allow the computation of four subscales (containing 10 items each), which assess the following dimensions: (1) Personal life satisfaction; (2) Competence and productivity; (3) Empowerment and independence; and (4) Social belonging and community integration.
Comprehensive Quality of Life Scale – ID (ComQol-I5)
The Comprehensive Quality of Life Scale -Intellectual/Cognitive Disability (ComQol-I5) is a multidimensional quality of life scale designed for use with people who have an intellectual disability or other form of cognitive impairment.
NIH Toolbox® Emotion Battery
The NIH Toolbox Emotion Battery, recommended for ages 8+, consists of measures of Positive Affect, General Life Satisfaction, Emotional Support, Friendship, Loneliness, Perceived Rejection, Perceived Hostility, Self-Efficacy, Sadness, Perceived Stress, Fear, and Anger. For ages 18+, the battery also includes measures of Meaning and Purpose and Instrumental Support.
Day Reconstruction Method (DRM)
The Day Reconstruction Method (DRM) measures how people spend their time and how they emotionally experience the various activities of life.
Perceived Life Significance Scale (PLSS)
The Perceived Life Significance Scale (PLSS) is a psychometrically valid measure of life significance used in the assessment and treatment of grief and loss. Key aspects include life satisfaction, sense of meaning, affective well-being, and goal pursuit.
Personalized Psychological Flexibility Index (PPFI)
This survey measures the extent to which people pursue their goals despite the presence of stressors and challenges. To ensure participants respond to these items in a meaningful context, each item on psychological flexibility is in reference to a personally meaningful life goal. Participants are first asked to identify a life goal they are working on. Based on initial findings from pilot studies, we found support for three factors: avoidance (deflecting negative emotions and events that arise when pursuing a goal), acceptance (embracing emotions that arise when pursuing a goal), and harnessing (using negative emotions to fuel goal pursuit). To ensure that the goals participants recorded were central and meaningful to their lives, we added in four questions pertaining to the importance of the goal.