Leader Member Exchange

Abbreviation
LMX7
Description
The Leader Member Exchange is a seven-item widely used self-administered instrument designed to measure the quality of the working relationship between supervisors and employees. It is very concise and measures three dimensions of leader-member working relationships: respect, trust, and obligation. The questionnaire includes items such as, "Do you know where you stand with your leader?" "How well does your leader understand your job problems and needs?" and " How would you characterize your working relationship with your leader?" Each item is measured on a Likert-type scale of a sum of five-points per item (left to right), indicating the degree to which the employee thinks the item is true. In the field of substance abuse, the LMX-7 has been used to examine relationships between supervisiors and clinicians in community treatment programs.
Category
Interpersonal Relationships/Culture

Jobs Satisfaction Workshop Post-Satisfaction

Abbreviation
JSWP
Description

This is a six-question questionnaire that collects information on the satisfaction of all JSW sessions. The form is completed by the participant during Follow-up 2 (or Follow-up 3, if missed at Follow-up 2). This form will provide feedback on the utility of the information and activities offered in each session and the helpfulness of the instructor. This form should be completed only by those participants who have been randomized to the Job Seeker Workshop group and have attended at least one workshop.

Category
Demographics (incl employment)

Iowa Gambling Task

Abbreviation
IGT
Description
The Iowa Gambling Task (IGT; Bechara et al, 1994) was designed to assess risk preferences by simulating real-life decision making using uncertainty, rewards, and penalties. The task is sometimes known as Bechara's Gambling Task, and is widely used in research of cognition and emotion.
Category
Impulsivity and General Trait & Behavior Scales

Injection Risk Behavior

Abbreviation
INJR
Description
This assessment measures injection drug use in the prior 6 months and the last time injected. In addition, it measures type and frequency of drug injection, frequency of receptive and distributive needle sharing, sharing of injection paraphernalia, use of syringe exchange, use of syringe disinfection practices, and number and types of different needle sharing partners.
Category
Substance Use
Subcategory
Drugs

Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale

Abbreviation
HADS
Description

The Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS) is a brief, validated instrument that screens for both depression and anxiety (Bjelland et al., 2002). It is a fourteen item self-assessment scale, with seven items related to anxiety and seven to depression. Originally developed by Zigmond and Snaith (1983), it has been found to be a reliable instrument for detecting states of depression and anxiety in the setting of a medical outpatient clinic.

Category
Mental Health
Subcategory
Depression
Anxiety

HIV Testing Behavior

Abbreviation
HTB
Description
This assessment collects data on the history of HIV testing and receipt of results within the past year, including the approximate date of the most recent HIV test.
Category
Sexual Behavior/HIV

HIV Risk-Taking Behaviour Scale

Abbreviation
HRBS
Description

This 11 item, interviewer-based scale can be used to assess HIV risk among intravenous drug users. The HIV risk-taking behavior scale (HRBS) includes two subscales to measure injecting and sexual behavior. Six items ask about intravenous drug use behaviors, and five ask about sexual behaviors. The scale was validated on a sample of 175 adults (18-42) from Australia (Alpha = .70). The scale can be used to evaluate risk behaviors over intervals ranging from 1 week to a lifetime.

Category
Sexual Behavior/HIV

Helping Alliance Questionnaire

Abbreviation
HAQ
Description
Luborsky's concept of the "helping alliance" refers to a patient's experience of the treatment or relationship with a therapist as being helpful or potentially helpful. The quality of the patient-therapist relationship can be assessed by asking the patient, the therapist, or an (objective) observer. The Helping Alliance Questionnaire is part of the Penn Helping Alliance Scales and is a patient self-report measure which assesses the extent to which the patient experiences the therapist and the therapy as helpful. It contains two types of helping alliance: Type I -- Perceived Helpfulness -- defined as the patient's experience of the therapist as providing or being capable of providing the help that is needed; and Type II -- Collaboration or Bonding -- defined as the patient's experience of treatment as a process of working together with the therapist toward the goals of treatment. The HAQ contains 11 items rated on a 4-point scale (completely disagree, disagree, agree, and completely agree). There are two versions of the HAq -- a version for the patient, asking questions regarding their relationship with their therapist ("I feel I can depend upon the therapist," e.g.), and a version for the therapist, asking the same questions in reverse ("The patient feels he/she can depend upon me.") A revised version of the HAq, the HAq-II, was published by Luborsky et al. in 1996 (see Other References, below). The authors had become aware that the original HAQ was limited by the presence of items that were explicity assessing early symptomatic improvement and by the fact that all the items were worded positively. To address those limitations, they deleted the six items reflecting early improvement and added 14 new items that appeared to tap more fully the various aspects of the helping alliance. Five of the new items relate to the collaborative effort of patient and therapist ("The therapist and I have meaningful exchanges," e.g.); five additional items address the patient's perception of the therapist ("At times I distrust the therapist's judgement," e.g.). One of the other added items deals directly with the patient's motivation ("I want very much to work out my problems"), and one other relates to the patient's perception of the therapist's feelings about the patient ("I believe that the therapist likes me as a person"). In contrast to the original HAq, the HAq-II also includes five items that are worded negatively; for example, "The procedures used in my therapy are NOT well suited to my needs."
Category
Interpersonal Relationships/Culture