Abbreviation
YSR
Description
The Youth Status Report questionnaire has been widely used with adolescents. The YSR is designed for individuals 11-18 who are still in school. Each measure both competencies and internalizing and externalizing problems among individuals in their specified age groups. It is easy to administer, well accepted, and supported by an enormous body of research demonstrating validity and reliability. Problem scales include scores for withdrawal, somatic complaints, anxiety and depression, social problems, thought problems, attention problems, delinquent behavior, aggressive behavior, self-destructive behavior, and total problem behaviors. It takes about 40 minutes. This instrument is copyrighted and a use license has been obtained for this study.
Category
Substance Use
Subcategory
Drugs
Young Adult Self Report
Abbreviation
YASR
Description
The Young Adult Self Report questionnaire has been widely used with young adults. The YASR is used with young adults aged 18-30; it measures both competencies and internalizing and externalizing problems among individuals in their specified age groups. They are easy to administer, well accepted, and supported by an enormous body of research demonstrating validity and reliability. Problem scales include scores for withdrawal, somatic complaints, anxiety and depression, social problems, thought problems, attention problems, delinquent behavior, aggressive behavior, self-destructive behavior, and total problem behaviors. It takes about 40 minutes. This instrument is copyrighted and a use license has been obtained for this study.
WRAT Reading section
Abbreviation
WRAT
Description
The WRAT-3 assesses academic achievement and functioning (i.e., assigns grade level for reading, arithmetic and spelling; Wilkinson, 1993). The WRAT has excellent reliability and validity and is frequently used both for clinical/educational as well as research purposes to measure academic achievement.
Category
Impulsivity and General Trait & Behavior Scales
World Health Organization Quality of Life-BREF
Abbreviation
WHOQOL
Description
The original 100-item WHOQOL allows for a detailed assessment of individual facets relating to quality of life, but may be too lengthy for some uses, such as large epidemiological studies where quality of life is only one amongst many variables of interest. The WHOQOL-BREF comprises 26 items measuring the following broad domains: physical health, psychological health, social relationships, and environment.
Category
Health Cognitions & QOL
Working Alliance Inventory- Short Version
Abbreviation
WAI-C
Description
A rating scale designed to measure the working alliance between counselors and their clients during therapy sessions. Both counselors and clients complete different versions of the inventory. The scales are designed to yield three measures: Goal (whether the client and therapist agree on goals of treatment); Task (whether they agree on how to achieve those goals); and Bond (whether they will be able to or have already established a personal bond with each other).
Category
Interpersonal Relationships/Culture